The plane with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on board took off for Australia, the Australian television channel ABC showed the takeoff.
Earlier, the Northern Mariana Islands court declared Assange a free man, giving him credit for the time he had already served.
Footage broadcast on ABC's YouTube channel shows a small gray plane taking to the skies. Assange is expected to arrive in the Australian capital, Canberra, this evening.
The US Department of Justice said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's guilty plea ends criminal proceedings against him, but under the terms of his plea deal he is prohibited from returning to the US without special permission.
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