Image copyright AFP Image caption The vintage planes had taken off from Sudan for the three-hour flight into EthiopiaThe pilots of at least 20 aircraft taking part in a vintage plane rally have been detained in Ethiopia, officials have told the BBC. The Vintage Air Rally planes crossed "illegally" into Ethiopian from Sudan, officials say, and are currently impounded at an airport in Gambela. The rally has been suspended while talks take place to try to resolve the situation. On its Facebook page, Vintage Air Rally said that Maurice Kirk, 72, was with other pilots in Gambela who were all "safe and accounted for". The aviators are being accommodated at Gambela airport, the rally said, instead of at a hotel where they had made bookings.

Source: Ethiopian News November 24, 2016 14:37 UTC