Impounded Air Tanzania plane allowed to leave South Africa

An Air Tanzania plane. A South African court has set aside an earlier decision to impound an Air Tanzania plane. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A South African court has set aside an earlier decision to impound an Air Tanzania plane, a BBC reporter has tweeted from the court.

On August 24, the plane, an Airbus 220-300, had been prevented from taking off from South Africa’s capital Johannesburg because of a court injunction.