Private plane on standby to fly Edward Snowden to Iceland

A private plane is on standby to transport NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden from Hong Kong to Iceland, an Icelandic business executive says.

Olafur Vignir Sigurvinsson said that while he has not spoken directly to Mr Snowden, he has been in touch with a third party representing him. The businessman has connections to the WikiLeaks secret-spilling organisation.