Their job is complicated by the Ethiopian authorities confiscating the planes and computer tables from the aviators

The vintage planes landed in Gambella near Ethiopia’s border with South Sudan.

The Ethiopian authorities kept them there, preventing them from going to their hotels.

Britain’s Foreign Office is talking to other embassies and negotiating on their behalf.

The pilots are from 10 different countries.

They include husband-and-wife teams, fathers and daughters and entire families trying  to fly more than 13 000 kms  down Africa in old aircraft that were designed for short-haul flights.

They’re planning to cross 10 countries end up in Cape Town mid-December.

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