"After considering distance, weather, and the totality of the circumstances, it was determined that flying was the most efficient and safest method to transport the prisoner," an NYPD spokesperson said.
The NYPD obtained the modified Cessna C208B Grand Caravan through a Preparedness Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2017.
Mangione, clad in an orange jumpsuit, was then led to the courthouse surrounded by city and federal agents with long guns - and even Mayor Adams - in a scene out of a Hollywood movie.
In 2018, more controversy was sparked when the plane was used to shuttle then-Mayor Bill de Blasio back and forth between the city and his Canadian vacation.
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