Deposed Honduran President Prevented From Landing in Honduras
Sunday, July 5, 2009 at 5:14PM
As the de-facto government of Honduras promised, the deposed president Manuel Zelaya was prevented from landing at the airport in Tegucigalpa.
After reportedly circling the airport, his plane abandoned efforts to land.
Meanwhile, violence broke out between supporters and opponents of Zelaya, and shots were fired into the air by Honduran military stationed at the airport.
Zelaya's situation as reported by the New York Times:
“The runway’s blocked,” he said in an interview from sky that was broadcast over loudspeakers at the airport. “There’s no way I can land.”
As his plane left Honduras, an air force jet and helicopter circled above airport, emphasizing the interim government’s control of the situation and bringing to a close a dramatic episode that had much of the country standing on edge.
The leaders who expelled Mr. Zelaya in an early-morning coup last Sunday had bluntly said that the plane carrying the deposed president and other aircraft accompanying it would be denied permission to land. “If he pushes it, there will be 10,000 people on the runway to prevent him,” said Enrique Ortez, foreign minister of the caretaker government...
...As the plane neared the airport, Mr. Zelaya addressed the military directly on live television, asking soldiers to return their loyalty to them “in the name of God, in the name of the people, and in the name of justice.”
About 5:25 p.m., his plane swept in low over the airport and the crowd erupted in cheers. But the plane flew past the airport and circled around the capital.
Roberto Micheletti,
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Reader Comments (1)
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