Canadian Military Plane Heads Home After Two Surveillance Flights Over Haiti

A Canadian CP-140 Aurora on the tarmac at the Italian naval air station in Sigonella, Italy in this undated photo. This same type of plane was treated in an inappropriate manner by Chinese military in October near North Korea. MThe Canadian Press/Murray Brewster

A Canadian Armed Forces surveillance plane was heading home on Tuesday after two intelligence-collecting flights over Haiti.

The CP-140 Aurora’s return came after the Liberal government announced on Saturday that the plane was being deployed to collect intelligence on gang activity in Haiti.