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Zelaya flies over Honduras but cannot land (Extra)
Jul 6, 2009, 0:14 GMT
Tegucigalpa - A plane carrying ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya flew Sunday over Honduran capital Tegucigalpa without being able to land at Toncontin airport.
In a telephone interview with Venezuelan-based broadcaster Telesur, Zelaya said that the civil aviation coordinator at Toncontin had told the pilot that the plane would be intercepted by the Central American country's Air Force if it did not leave Honduran airspace.
'Faced with that situation, we have to proceed with what we had planned, which is the immediate reunion with the remaining members of the OAS (Organization of American States), the other presidents who are here in the area to see what solutions we can find,' Zelaya said.
OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza and presidents Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina, Rafael Correa of Ecuador and Fernando Lugo of Paraguay were travelling to El Salvador Sunday to show support for Zelaya.
The ousted Honduran president said that the aircraft had been unable to land in Tegucigalpa.
'You cannot land with obstacles on the runway,' he said.
Zelaya vowed to try again Monday to reach Honduras.
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