The arrival of Ghana's opponents for tomorrow’s 2014 World Cup qualifier, the Chipolopolo of Zambia, remains uncertain after the team called off its flight to Accra on Wednesday at the 11th hour.
The team’s departure for Accra yesterday had to be cancelled due to permit problems after the team were told their chartered plane, which was Kumasi-bound, could not land in the Garden City airport.
Information available to the GNA indicates that the Zambia players, technical team and officials had to disembark from the Boeing 737 aircarft in a shocking mood after hours of waiting in uncertainty.
"Our Chipolopolo have disembarked. The team will not fly its charter to Ghana. We have no permission to land in Kumasi. The squad has returned to their hotel in Lusaka", the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) said in a statement.
The team is expected to travel to Accra on Thursday after resolving their landing problems, meaning they will have only a few hours to prepare for the crucial Group D encounter.
The FAZ was expected to have communicated the developnent to their Ghanaian counterparts, but it remains unlikely if the development will affect the timing of the match.
The incident comes less than 24 hours after the team has been stuck at OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg after leaving their training camp, where their afternoon flight was changed to 9:30p.m. (local time) to Lusaka.
Source: GNA
