{"id":2000061,"date":"2023-08-14T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-minister-stuck-overseas-airplane-unexpectedly-forced-to-land\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T13:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T17:49:15","slug":"foreign-minister-stuck-overseas-airplane-unexpectedly-forced-to-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-minister-stuck-overseas-airplane-unexpectedly-forced-to-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Minister stranded abroad, plane makes emergency landing."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforeign-minister-stuck-overseas-airplane-unexpectedly-forced-to-land%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2000061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Foreign Minister\u200b Stuck \u2063Overseas, Airplane\u2064 Unexpectedly Forced to Land<\/h2>\n<p>BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Germany\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a> was waiting\u200c in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-pope-francis-lands-in-abu-dhabi-on-first-papal-trip-ever-to-the-arabian-peninsula-the-birthplace-of-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abu Dhabi<\/a> \u2064on Monday after a technical problem on her government plane \u2063\u2014 the\u2063 latest in a succession of such \u200cincidents \u2014 \u2062forced it \u2062to return to the airport rather than continue to Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Annalena Baerbock was due to arrive in Canberra on Monday night at the start of a visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/model-former-miss-universe-australia-finalist-dies-sudden-hospitalization-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia<\/a>, New\u2063 Zealand and Fiji. But her German air force\u200b Airbus A340 had to return to \u2064Abu Dhabi after a refueling stop because of \u201ca mechanical problem with the landing flaps,\u201d ministry\u2063 spokesman Sebastian Fischer wrote on X, formerly known as \u200bTwitter.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot noticed the \u2063problem minutes after\u2062 the plane \u200dtook\u200c off from Abu Dhabi, \u2063and the plane landed again safely two hours later after dumping\u2062 some 80 tons\u2062 of fuel, German news \u200bagency \u200bdpa reported.<\/p>\n<p>Baerbock\u2019s ministry \u200dsaid it was examining options \u200cfor the minister to continue her \u2063journey.<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest\u2063 in a string\u200c of problems with Germany\u2019s \u200cgovernment planes, some \u200dof which are aging, that have affected various senior\u200d officials. In \u2064May, Baerbock had to \u2062extend a trip to the \u200dPersian Gulf region by a\u200d day \u2063because of a damaged tire on an\u200c aircraft\u200b when she was in \u200dQatar.<\/p>\n<p>The plane Baerbock was using for her flight to\u2064 Australia\u2063 was involved in\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/06bc069486b7401ca54c7e7cd90455d2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 2018 incident<\/a> that\u200d resulted in then-Chancellor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/german-chancellor-angela-merkel-reminded-pecking-order-photo-op-half-dozen-parrots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angela Merkel<\/a> and then-Finance Minister Olaf Scholz making a delayed departure to a Group of \u206320 \u2062summit in Argentina on a commercial flight.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cthat case, an\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-minister-stuck-overseas-airplane-unexpectedly-forced-to-land\/\" title=\"Foreign Minister stranded abroad, plane makes emergency landing.\">electrical \u2064distributor box\u2062 failed<\/a>, affecting the radio\u200d system and a fuel system and meaning that the aircraft \u200ccouldn\u2019t dump fuel. It turned back\u2063 and \u2062landed at Cologne-Bonn airport with most of the fuel\u2063 for the \u200cplanned \u200ctrans-Atlantic flight on board.<\/p>\n<p>The government has since ordered three \u200bnew A350 jets, \u2063two of \u200dwhich are already in service.<\/p>\n<h3>Do you enjoy flying?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you enjoy flying?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\">Yes<\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\">No<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\tCompleting this poll \u2063entitles you to The \u2064Western Journal news updates free of charge.\u2064 You may opt\u200d out at anytime. \u200dYou also \u200bagree to our\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Defense Ministry spokesperson Christina Routsi said\u2064 the A340\u200c in question is due to be taken out of service at the end of \u2064September, and the \u200bother aircraft of the same\u2063 type at the end of next year. \u200bBut she \u200bsaid the plane \u200dhad been chosen according to what was available and \u200dneeded, and said that the fleet is \u2064\u201con\u200d the technical\u200b level of a renowned airline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has \u2063not \u200dreviewed this Associated Press story prior\u200b to publication. Therefore, it may contain editorial bias \u2063or may\u200c in some other way not meet our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrison-ford-announces-end-of-iconic-character-i-need-to-sit-down-and-rest-a-little-bit\/\" title=\"Harrison Ford retires iconic character, needs rest.\">normal editorial standards<\/a>. It is\u200b provided \u2062to our readers as a service from The Western \u2062Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-german-foreign-minister-stuck-abu-dhabi-another-government-plane-problem\/\">Foreign\u2062 Minister Stuck Overseas, Airplane Unexpectedly Forced to Land<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN (AP) \u2014 Germany&#8217;s foreign minister faced a setback as her government plane encountered technical issues, compelling it to return to Abu Dhabi instead of reaching Australia. Annalena Baerbock&#8217;s scheduled arrival in Canberra on Monday night was delayed, adding to a series of similar incidents experienced by her team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2000062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}