US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF), could not fly to Washington DC, the capital of the USA, due to a critical malfunction in his plane from Zürich, where he arrived by helicopter following his contacts. After it was reported that an oxygen leak previously detected on the Boeing 737 type plane that would carry Blinken and his team could not be fixed and was not safe for flight, a private jet took off for Blinken from Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Many people in Blinken’s team had to go to Washington DC by scheduled flight.
In September last year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was stranded in India due to a mechanical malfunction in his plane after the G20 Summit held in New Delhi, the capital of India.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made an emergency landing in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, during her Oceania tour due to a technical malfunction in her plane in August last year, and in May last year, she made an emergency landing in Doha, the capital of Qatar, due to a problem with the tires of the plane she was traveling on. He was also stranded.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel also missed the opening ceremony of the G20 Summit held in Argentina in 2018 due to a “serious malfunction” that caused the government plane carrying her to make an emergency landing.
