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ShanghaiNoon wrote:https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CCA552/history/20210924/2300Z/CYVR/ZGSZ It's gotta be this one. Interesting that they sent something as large as a 777, but I guess they wanted to get her out before anyone changed their mind.
Spacepope wrote:ShanghaiNoon wrote:https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CCA552/history/20210924/2300Z/CYVR/ZGSZ It's gotta be this one. Interesting that they sent something as large as a 777, but I guess they wanted to get her out before anyone changed their mind.
It appears the Canadian hostages have been released too
https://globalnews.ca/news/8220178/meng ... D=ref_fark
No word on what equipment they are being flown home on.
RoyalBrunei757 wrote:Talk about over the top, they sent a whole B77W to pick her up. Wonder what is Canadian government sending? CC-130 Polaris?
ShanghaiNoon wrote:RoyalBrunei757 wrote:Talk about over the top, they sent a whole B77W to pick her up. Wonder what is Canadian government sending? CC-130 Polaris?
They needed a plane that could make a transpacific journey and by the looks of it they avoided American airspace. A 777 was probably the fastest and most efficient option.
Thenoflyzone wrote:Earlier today I spotted a G5 on FR24 that left Tianjin for Anchorage (EDF). Soon after, there were 2 Canadian Forces CL-60s (CFC3060 and CFC3070) that left EDF for YYC. They just landed.
If I was a betting man, I'd say the two Michaels were on board these flights.
Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are back on home soil, almost three years after they were first detained in China.
The two men landed in Calgary shortly before 8 a.m. ET aboard a Royal Canadian Air Challenger aircraft.