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China-Bound UAE Aircraft Carrying Weapons Detained in India
China-Bound UAE Aircraft Carrying Weapons Detained in India - Bloomberg.com
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Indian authorities have detained a United Arab Emirates air force plane bound for China and its eight-member crew after a customs inspection found undeclared arms and ammunition, an airport official said.
The aircraft landed in the eastern city of Kolkata yesterday for refueling on its way to Hanyang, part of the city of Wuhan in Chinas Hubei province, Mahesh Kaul, director of Kolkatas airport, said in a telephone interview from the city.
Crew members informed customs officers checking the plane that it was carrying arms that had not been declared when permission to transit India was requested, Kaul said. The flight began in Abu Dhabi
They will not be allowed to fly until the investigation is over, Kaul said, without giving further details of the cargo aboard the plane.
No one at the UAE Embassy in New Delhi was available to comment on the incident, a secretary at the embassys press office said today.
China-Bound UAE Aircraft Carrying Weapons Detained in India - Bloomberg.com