Plane which runs deportation flights for US government stopped in Shannon for second time 

Privately-owned Gulfstream jet stopped in Ireland for two hours on Monday en route to Djibouti after leaving an airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Plane which runs deportation flights for US government stopped in Shannon for second time 

Last week, the plane had stopped at Shannon carrying eight men to Djibouti in contravention of a US court order.

A private plane owned by a company which carries out deportation flights for the US government stopped at Shannon for a second time on Monday.

Flight tracking data shows a privately-owned Gulfstream jet stopped in Ireland for two hours on Monday en route to Djibouti after leaving an airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The US Department of Homeland Security has not responded to queries on whether the flight was carrying deportees. 

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