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By Patrick Brischetto05:06

Two US government aircraft are nearing Islamabad, and are the most tracked planes in the world right now, according to data from Flight Radar 24.

The two planes, with callsigns SAM095 and SAM091, took off from Le Bourget Airport in Paris at 12am local time, and they most likely contain the USA’s delegation for peace talks with Iran in Pakistan.

This includes US Vice President JD Vance.

Both flights are around half an hour away, expected to land in Pakistan at around 10.30am local time (3.30pm AEST).

The are being tracked by over 20,000 people. In the screenshot below, SAM095 is on the left, and SAM091 is the plane on the right hand side of the picture.