The Venezuelan airplane carrying ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya overflies Toncontin international airport in Tegucigalpa. At least half a dozen military vehicles blocked the only runway at the airport preventing Zelaya's landing while tens of thousands of his supporters demonstrated outside. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya failed to return to the country Sunday because the Armed Forces blocked the runways with vehicles to prevent his jet from landing. His plane then landed in Managua, the capital city of neighboring Nicaragua, media reports said.
Military vehicles block the runway to prevent the landing of the Venezuelan airplane carrying ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at Toncontin international airport in Tegucigalpa. The plane carrying ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya landed late in the Nicaraguan capital Managua, the government said here. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
In Managua, Zelaya is due to hold a press conference later in the day.
Zelaya's supporters marched back home as they realized his plane couldn't land in Honduran territory. But they vowed to return to the airport Monday.
Police and soldiers block the airstrip of the Toncontin international airport to prevent the landing of a plane carrying Honduras' ousted president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa July 5, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
The clashes between Zelaya's supporters and the military outside the airport left a 12-year-old kid dead and several others wounded.
Source: Xinhua
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