(AFP) -- The Kam Air flight was abruptly forced to fly back from central Bamiyan province earlier this week, triggering uproar and ridicule on social media with many accusing the lawmakers of abusing their powers.
Five people, including airport security officials, have been arrested over the "illegal diversion", the interior ministry said Thursday.
"When the two MPs arrived at Kabul airport, the plane was on the runway and ready to take off," Humayun Stanakzai, a director of civil aviation, told AFP.
"The MPs got angry and called their men in Bamiyan. When the plane approached Bamiyan airport, their men were at the airport blocking the runway with rocks. The plane could not land and had to be diverted back to Kabul."
The plane carrying 30 passengers had to be refuelled and took off again for Bamiyan with the two MPs on board.