Minneapolis, Mall of America surveillance plane spotted

Plane had been spotted over Minneapolis, Bloomington and Edina.

June 1, 2015 at 5:16PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Surveillance plane
Surveillance plane (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

By JOHN REINAN

Staff Writer

Here's the Cessna that's been spotted circling sites in the Twin Cities recently. The plane, registered to LCB Leasing of Bristow, Va., spent more than five hours last week circling downtown Minneapolis, the Mall of America in Bloomington and Southdale Center in Edina.

The backstory can be found here.

(Aviation buff John Zimmerman snapped this photo of the plane as it took off from Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie.)

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Baird Helgeson is deputy local editor at the Star Tribune. He helps supervise coverage of local news. Before becoming an editor, he was an award-winning reporter who covered state government and politics. He has worked for news organizations in Minnesota, Florida and North Dakota.

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