Tanzanian anger as aircraft seized in Canada

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Last Updated : Nov 23 2019 | 5:22 PM IST

An aeroplane being delivered to Tanzania's national airline has been impounded in Canada over a Namibian-born farmer's USD 33-million compensation claim, Tanzania's foreign minister said Saturday.

The DHC Dash 8-400 aircraft, a turboprop also known as the Bombardier Q400 which seats up to 90 people, is the second to be seized in connection with case.

In August, an Airbus 220-300 aircraft was seized in South Africa's Johannesburg airport, after it landed on a flight from Tanzania, but was released in September.

"The same person who went to court in South Africa, and caused the impounding of Airbus in August, went to a Canadian court," Tanzania's Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi.

The plane, built by Canada's De Havilland company, was due for delivery as part of a fleet expansion of the government-run Air Tanzania.

"We won in a case with this man in South Africa," Kabudi added, speaking at a government function broadcast on state-media in Tanzania's capital Dodoma.

"I wonder why this person has emerged in Canada - but our lawyers are getting ready."

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