Plane diverted to find country (5)
I believe the answer is:
nepal
'country' is the definition.
(Nepal is an example)
'plane diverted' is the wordplay.
'diverted' indicates anagramming the letters (each letter get diverted elsewhere).
'plane' is an anagram of 'NEPAL'.
'to find' is the link.
(Other definitions for nepal that I've seen before include "Himalayan kingdom" , "Gurkhas' homeland" , "Asian country, capital Kathmandu" , "Asian kingdom" , "Small lake" .)