NEW DELHI — The Times of India is reporting that an aircraft with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his aides developed a mechanical fault as it prepared to take off at the Indira Ghandi International airport on Friday 7.00PM.

The Boeing 737 A6-RJX was preparing to take off for Zimbabwe when it developed a snag.

“It taxied off at 7PM for take off to Zimbabwe. However, immediately afterwards it developed a mechanical snag and returned back to the terminal at 7.45 PM.

“The non-scheduled flight was operating with a call sign RO-J005. The Boeing 737-700 is over two decades old,” the Times of India says in a report.

Vice President Chiwenga has been in India since 9 February receiving medical attention. He was whisked away after his health deteriorated.

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