Detained UAE plane to take off today

Kolkata The detained UAE aircraft with arms and ammunition on board will finally take off from the NSC Bose International Airport around 9 am on Thursday following a clearance sent to the Customs department here from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Defence Ministry.
Earlier, a team of Research and Analysis Wing officials landed here to investigate and submit a report to the MEA about the detained aircraft.
In a statement the day before, the MEA had said that the UAE government had written to the Government of India and clarified that the discrepancies in declaration given for the aircraft using Indian airspace and refuelling at Kolkata airport was a mistake and not deliberately done.
10/09/09 ExpressIndia

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