CARACAS, January 21 (Itar-Tass) – A Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations plane with a relief cargo onboard has been stranded in Venezuela for more than 24 hours unable to leave for the quake-stricken Haiti.
Russia’s Charges d’Affaires in Venezuela Vladimir Tokmakov told Itar-Tass that the IL-76 plane was being grounded in Caracas because the U.S. air traffic controllers, who are in control of the Port –au-Prince airport, were constantly delaying permission to fly into the Haitian capital.
The U.S. air traffic controllers are claiming the delay is caused by excessive workload of the Port-au-Prince airport. At the same time, U.S. planes are easily landing in the Haitian capital, the Russian diplomat went on to say.
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