This after local authorities refused permission for passengers to disembark over a dispute about permits for weapons on board.
WARSAW - After more than 21 hours on the tarmac at Warsaw Chopin Airport, a plane carrying over 100 security personnel and journalists has been given the go-ahead to leave the Polish capital.
The security detail were meant to accompany President Cyril Ramaphosa on his peace mission to Ukraine and Russia, but whether they will catch up with him, remains doubtful.The SAA charter flight took off from South Africa on Wednesday night. But this mission has been beset by roadblocks to get the president's security detail on the ground before he arrived in Warsaw on Thursday.SAA Captain Mpho Mamashela said that he was determined to complete the mission.From Rzeszow, it's hoped the security detail will be able to catch up to President Cyril Ramaphosa before his departure to Russia.
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