Ethiopia releases vintage air rally pilots Posted at 10:05
Nearly 60 people taking part in a vintage air rally from Europe to South Africa were released on Thursday after being detained by authorities in Ethiopia, organisers of the journey said.
Pilots of a dozen biplanes and their teams were allowed to leave the airport in Gambella, two days after arriving at the outpost in western Ethiopia, close to the border with South Sudan.
“They have been released. We hope to leave Ethiopia,” a spokesman for organisers Vintage Air Rally told AFP.
