According to media outlets such as the U.S. "Huffington Post" and the UK "Guardian," on November 8, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen authorized the purchase of 10 aircraft from the low-cost U.S. airline Spirit Airlines.
However, this airline, which has filed for bankruptcy twice, does not own these aircraft, and the aircraft are also not equipped with "critical components" such as engines.
The "Guardian" stated that this "unbelievable" anecdote came from a report published by the U.S. "Wall Street Journal" on the 7th.
The report said that Nielsen and U.S. Department of Homeland Security advisor Cory Lewandowski recently arranged to purchase 10 Boeing 737 aircraft from Spirit Airlines.
According to sources, they planned to use these aircraft for deporting immigrants and private travel.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official warned that purchasing the planes would be much more expensive than expanding existing deportation flight contracts.
Additionally, the report stated that what made things even more complicated was that after an investigation, officials found that Spirit Airlines, which had applied for bankruptcy protection in August this year, actually did not own these planes, and its engines also needed to be purchased separately.
The plan has now been suspended.
The report also mentioned that a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told the "Wall Street Journal" that the part about the plane purchase in the report was "inaccurate," but refused to provide further clarification.
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