Plane ‘used in US terrorist snatch’ passed through Shannon

A PLANE used by the United States for an alleged illegal snatch of a terrorist suspect passed through Shannon during the operation, it has been revealed.

Flight logs of the Boeing 737, one of the two planes used by the CIA for the “extraordinary rendition” of suspects, reveal a landing in Shannon just days before a German citizen apprehended in Macedonia was transported to Afghanistan for interrogation.

The plane, at the time owned by what is believed to be a CIA front company, Premier Executive Transport Services, passed through Shannon twice in January 2003.