Osama bin Laden chartered a plane that carried his family members and few other Saudi nationals out of the US after the September 11, 2001 attacks – according to Federal Bureau of Investigation documents.

The papers, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, were made public by Judicial Watch, a Washington-based group that investigates government corruption.

One FBI document referred to a Ryan Air 727 airplane that departed Los Angeles International Airport on September 19 2001, which was said to have carried Saudi nationals out of the US. The plane was chartered either by the Saudi Arabian royal family or Osama bin Laden – according to the document.

The flight made stops in Orlando, Florida; Washington, DC; and Boston, Massachusetts and eventually left its passengers in Paris the following day. In all, the documents detail six flights between September 14 and September 24 that evacuated Saudi nationals and bin Laden family members, Judicial Watch said.