The ghost plane from Pakistan:

Today I'm going to re-up a VERY MYSTERIOUS incident about an Antonov plane that unauthorizedly entered India last year during Lok Sabha elections from Pakistan, was intercepted & forced to land by IAF, and shockingly cleared by Modi govt.

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On 10th May, 2019 (in the middle of elections), an Antonov AN-12 plane belonging to a Ukranian company called Motor Sich left from Georgia & landed in Karachi.

From Karachi, this plane was shockingly headed to New Delhi (while the airspace was still closed post-Balakot).

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The plane tried to enter India through an unauthorized point over Gujarat.

The plane wouldn't respond to ANY communication from the IAF.

Subsequently, IAF deployed 2 armed Sukhois to intercept the aircraft.

Missile defense systems across North India were activated.

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The aircraft was intercepted and forced to land by the Air Force at Jaipur Airport.

And now this is where things start getting extremely mysterious and shady.

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Intelligence Bureau and Central Govt officials reached Jaipur airport, "checked the cargo", and abruptly gave the plane clearance to fly to Delhi. They claim it was carrying "spare parts".

There was no investigation conducted into the incident at all.

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Motor Sich (which owns this Antonov plane) is a company that has been charged in Ukraine with sponsoring terrorism.

Despite Ukraine & Russia being in a state of conflict, Motor Sich operated out of the Russian Embassy in India until last year.

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The main scary questions this raises:

1. What spare parts was the plane carrying?

Motor Sich makes engines for Antonov planes. The only Antonov operator in India is IAF. Did the Air Force not know that a plane was coming with IAF spare parts along with its details?

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2. Assuming that the mysterious plane was carrying spare parts for Indian Air Force, then how was it allowed to land in Karachi & come from there?

With Indo-Pak relations post-Pulwama, how was a plane with Indian defense equipment allowed to stop in Karachi?

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3. The air space between India and Pakistan was completely shut on the day of this plane incident after the Balakot air strikes. It only opened in July.

How did the plane get permission to fly from Karachi to New Delhi?

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The fact that this incident happened right in the middle of Lok Sabha elections raises further questions. That it has never been investigated & no explanation given makes it shocking.

All my attempts to get details have been constantly stonewalled by Defense Ministry.

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What exactly was this Antonov plane carrying? Cash? EVMs? We don't know.

I'll keep digging into this until the truth comes out. But it's important for ALL OF YOU to know that this shocking incident happened, and till today, we have zero answers from the Modi govt on it.

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