A surveillance plane operated by Canadian special forces flew circles over Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy protest, but the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Prime Minister say it was part of a training mission unrelated to the demonstrations.
The U.S.-registered 350ER King Air, outfitted with a technology suite to intercept communications and capture high-resolution images, was flying in circles over Ottawa in what a specialist says is a typical surveillance pattern, reported The Globe and Mail on April 21.
Steffan Watkins, an Ottawa researcher who tracks ships and planes, told the Globe he recorded at least 15 circles over the city, and at times, the aircraft disappeared inexplicably from public tracking systems.
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