"The airport's log book contains entries on a plane with registration number N4476S from Khartoum in Sudan landing in Dubrovnik on 23 April 2005 and leaving for the United States on 25 April 2005, but we have no information on the other plane cited by AI, one with registration number N313P," Peovic told Hina.
He added that apart from the information on the landing and take-off of the N4476S plane the airport did not have information on any special passengers having been transported via the airport.
AI today released a report on its web site claiming that the plane which the CIA used to transport terrorist suspects from 2002 to 2005 twice used Dubrovnik's airport.
The plane, AI claims, flew under two numbers in that period - N313P and N4476S.
Peovic added that the plane had been in transit and that airport employees did not know what or whom it had transported. He said that it was difficult to believe that somebody was on the plane for two days without anyone visiting them.
"We don't have in our log book information on any passengers. The plane crew left and boarded the plane with US passports without any special procedure," Peovic said, adding that no special services were required for the plane, except for the usual landing and take-off procedure.
Transport Ministry spokeswoman Marina Haluzan said the ministry was only authorised to grant permission for the landing of civilian planes in Croatia. She added that in such cases the ministry took into consideration technical documents, taking as granted that planes had the necessary permits. Haluzan referred reporters to the Ministry of the Interior for further information.
Ministry of the Interior spokesman Zlatko Mehun said that the border police had information on a plane with the registration number as cited by AI having landed at Dubrovnik airport. He added that the ministry would have more information on the case on Thursday.