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Mystery U.S. cargo plane flew to Pyongyang for “routine” purposes: official

"Hercules" aircraft facilitated crew change for Pompeo's State Department mission, source says

A United States Air Force (U.S.A.F) C-130J-30 cargo plane that left Pyongyang’s Sunan International airport at 0413 on July 7 for Yokota airbase in Japan did so for "routine" reasons, a U.S. government source confirmed to NK News on Tuesday.

It was one of two rare flights captured on an Instagram user’s photo of the departure board at Pyongyang Sunan airport on the morning of July 7, the other being SAM674 to Tokyo, a U.S.A.F Boeing 757 which took Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s team to Japan for consultations after meetings with North Korean counterparts.

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