Norway’s Aftenposten reports on possible CIA plane stopover in Brno

Czech daily Lidové noviny has been investigating a Norwegian report about a possible CIA plane landing in Tuřany, Brno. The report – filed by Norwegian daily Aftenposten - stated that a small Beechwood 350C, thought to be used by the Central Intelligence Agency, stopped for refuelling at the airport in Brno on Thursday before continuing on to destinations in Norway and Iceland. A Norwegian MP has called for an investigation, saying there was reason to believe such flights were used for the illegal transport of prisoners. In the Czech Republic, the Czech counter-intelligence service, as well as Czech Interior Minister Ivan Langer, declined to confirm the flight for Lidové noviny. Mr Langer told the Czech paper that “if such an incident had taken place, he would have hoped to have been informed”.