The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on charges of inciting murder was adjourned on Wednesday to February 1 as the Islamist leader could not reach the court with bad weather preventing his helicopter from taking off.
Alexandria Security Chief Nasser El-Abd told state TV that the helicopter set to transfer 62-year-old Morsi for the trial session could not take off from his Alexandria prison due to bad weather conditions,
Morsi was to be transferred by helicopter from the heavily guarded Burg Al-Arab Jail, 60 kilometres from Alexandria, to the Police Academy in New Cairo for the trial proceedings.
The pilot of the helicopter that was meant to transport Morsi refused to set off because of “bad weather conditions and heavy fog in Alexandria,” Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim was quoted as saying by the state-run MENA news agency.