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(From Agence France Presse)

More than 200 passengers on a flight from Harare to London touched down almost six hours late after their plane was diverted to allow Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife to catch a connecting flight to Havana.

The Air Zimbabwe flight, due to have touched down at London's Gatwick airport at 9:15am (0815 GMT) on Monday did not arrive until 2:52 pm because of a diversion to Madrid, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.

Mugabe and his wife, Grace were heading to Havana on a five-day official visit.

One passenger, Robert Massey, said he was not informed of the diversion until he had checked in.

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