Polish authorities are refusing that they disembark the chartered SAA flight over a dispute regarding permits for the weapons on board.
WARSAW - A contingent of 100 specialised security personnel and journalists are entering their second day stuck on the runway of the Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland.
It’s been a frosty reception from Polish authorities in Warsaw, as South African security forces have been barred from disembarking the Airbus 340 since 1PM on Thursday. Security personnel and journalists have been on board the aircraft since leaving Johannesburg on Wednesday night.
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