Plane with blocked details lands at Wellington Airport
25
April, 2017
A
jet with blocked details landed at Wellington Airport on Monday
evening.
A
Gulfstream jet with blocked credentials has flown into Wellington
Airport, according to an online aircraft tracker.
FlightRadar24
showed the jet arriving in the capital on Monday evening.
It
is not known why the aircraft is in Wellington, but it follows a
weekend of clandestine activity in the country.
On
Saturday a jet with the tail number – five small, black digits on
the back of the plane – belonging to the Central Intelligence
Agency, also known as the CIA, was seen parked at the capital's
airport.
And
on Sunday, FBI director James Comey flew into Queenstown on a
Gulfstream jet ahead of a top-secret meeting said to involve numerous
international spy agencies.
Prime
Minister Bill English was staying mum on which Five Eyes' security
bosses were visiting Queenstown at the moment, though he did confirm
it was indeed them – and that he would be meeting them there later
in the week.
He
was equally reticent about why the official US plane had flown to
Invercargill, other than to say "it was probably a more
attractive destination" and that it was unfortunate they didn't
have to drive through his hometown of Dipton to get there.
Wellington
Airport could not be reached for comment on Monday.
FBI
director James Comey lands in Queenstown
* CIA plan lands at Wellington airport ahead of Five Eyes meeting
* Leaders from the Five Eyes intelligence network to meet in Queenstown
* CIA plan lands at Wellington airport ahead of Five Eyes meeting
* Leaders from the Five Eyes intelligence network to meet in Queenstown
FBI director James Comey lands in Queenstown ahead of top-secret meeting
FBI
director James Comey arrives in Queenstown with police and secret
service personnel ahead of a top-secret meeting involving the Five
Eyes international spy alliance.
FBI
director James Comey has arrived in Queenstown ahead of a top-secret
meeting said to involve numerous international spy agencies.
A
large number of men and women were spotted stepping off a private jet
which landed at Queenstown airport on Sunday morning.
The
jet was followed by a Gulfstream Aerospace, with a registration
number associated with the CIA, the NZ Herald reported.
FBI
director James Comey arrives in Queenstown where a top-secret meeting
of the Five Eyes nations is being held.
The
distinctively tall Comey stepped off the second plane and into an
awaiting security vehicle.
It
is believed the meeting is associated with the Five Eyes spy
alliance, comprising the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand.
Officials
from some of the world's top spy agencies, including the FBI and CIA,
are in Queenstown for a meeting at Millbrook Resort.
Prime
Minister Bill English told Radio New Zealand on Monday the meeting
was one of the alliance's regular meetings and would cover combating
terrorism.
CIA
director Mike Pompeo was also believed to be attending the
conference.
Comey
entered the international spotlight last year when, a week before the
US presidential election, he announced the FBI had obtained new
information relating to an investigation into then front-runner
Hillary Clinton.
Officials
arrive in Queenstown for a top-secret meeting associated with the
Five Eyes spy alliance.
It
was widely seen as a decision which may have tipped the election in
Donald Trump's favour.
The
New York Times on Saturday (US time) reported at length on Comey's
influence on the election
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