NEW : A State Department official says the plane was approved to clear U.S. airspace . Venezuelan officials say the U.S. denied airspace permission to their presidential plane . The State Department official also called the visa issue untrue , saying the United States had approved them . The aircraft is now in Venezuela and will be handed over to a foreign government, according to CNN's Anderson Cooper. Maduro calls the move a `` serious offense ''
NEW : A State Department official says the plane was approved to clear U.S. airspace . Venezuelan officials say the U.S. denied airspace permission to their presidential plane . The aircraft is now in Venezuela and will be handed over to a foreign government, according to CNN's Anderson Cooper. Maduro calls the move a `` serious offense ''