PORTSMOUTH — Two Journey Aviation flights allegedly carried Ukrainian refugees back to Ukraine after landing at Pease International Airport to refuel on March 16, violating federal law by transporting them to a country where they may face harm, according to the No Ice NH organization.
According to the group, Journey Aviation flights 8 and 86 were en route from Phoenix to Ukraine via Poland. A live flight tracker on flightaware.com shows that Flight 8 was not available for public tracking per request from the owner/operator.
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