JOHANNESBURG Jan 21 (Reuters) – An aircraft flying
Madagascar’s exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana home from
South Africa on Saturday was ordered to turn round by Malagasy
authorities and has landed back in Johannesburg, a spokesman
travelling with Ravalomanana said.
“We are still on the plane on the tarmac. We were turned
around about two hours into the flight after we entered
Madagascar airspace,” the spokesman said.
Another spokesman had earlier said the plane had been
diverted to Mozambique. Ravalomanana’s latest attempt to return
could have led to his arrest and would have raised political
tensions on the Indian Ocean island.
(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; editing by Tim Pearce)
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