{"id":2212253,"date":"2024-04-03T13:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-busses-across-europe-after-boeing-737-suffers-mechanical-issues\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:39:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:39:32","slug":"blinken-busses-across-europe-after-boeing-737-suffers-mechanical-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-busses-across-europe-after-boeing-737-suffers-mechanical-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken Busses Across Europe After Boeing 737 Suffers \u2018Mechanical Issues\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fblinken-busses-across-europe-after-boeing-737-suffers-mechanical-issues%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=2212253&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--><p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken encountered mechanical issues with his government \u2064plane,\u2064 a Boeing 737, \u200bwhile\u200c traveling to Europe for meetings. This led to a four-hour bus \u2063journey \u200cfor Blinken and his team from Paris to Brussels to meet European leaders\u2064 at NATO headquarters. The incident caused\u200d a delay in his \u200dschedule, underscoring the challenges of high-ranking officials&#8217; transportation.\u2063 Secretary of State Antony \u2064Blinken\u200c faced plane troubles on his way to Europe,\u200c resulting in a four-hour bus trip from Paris to Brussels for\u200c a crucial meeting with European leaders at NATO headquarters. The delay highlighted the logistical \u2063challenges high-ranking officials\u2062 like Blinken can encounter during\u200c international travel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken bussed four hours to make a meeting with European leaders after his government plane experienced \u201cmechanical issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blinken often uses a federally funded Boeing 737 plane, which is owned by the U.S. Air Force, to travel internationally and attend meetings with dignitaries and world leaders. His plane recently had mechanical problems at Davos and suffered more issues during the secretary\u2019s trip to Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The issues forced Blinken and his entourage to bus roughly four hours from Paris to Brussels to meet with European leaders at NATO\u2019s headquarters, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13268069\/Antony-Blinkens-Boeing-737-plane-suffers-mechanical-failure-forcing-U-S-Secretary-State-road-Paris-Brussels-Nato-meeting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Daily Mail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Blinken arrived at NATO headquarters about two hours behind schedule for an event at which NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg marked 75 years of the NATO alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In January, the secretary of State was briefly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/blinken-briefly-stranded-davos-after-his-plane-breaks-down-2024-01-17\/#:~:text=Jan%2017%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,of%20his%20traveling%20press%20pool.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stranded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  in Davos after his plane suffered a \u201ccritical failure\u201d of its oxygen system. A leak in the system grounded the plane, forcing Blinken to take a helicopter from Davos to Zurich. Journalists and aides traveling with the secretary had to find commercial options to return to the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blinken\u2019s problems are the latest in a series of issues with Boeing planes that have drawn scrutiny to the aircraft manufacturer and its suppliers. Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-investigating-boeing-supplier-over-dei-policies-amid-aircraft-safety-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  an investigation into a Boeing supplier\u2019s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies over concern that the company\u2019s ideological commitment to diversity has impacted the quality and safety of its product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe potential risks associated with certain airplane models are deeply concerning and potentially life-threatening to Texans,\u201d Paxton said in a statement announcing an investigation into Spirit AeroSystems Holdings. \u201cI will hold any company responsible if they fail to maintain the standards required by the law and will do everything in my power to ensure manufacturers take passenger safety seriously.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712245447014000&#038;usg=AOvVaw259gdy9LGyeAJghxwMwQqU\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cApparent manufacturing defects have led to numerous concerning or dangerous incidents, some of which occurred in-air,\u201d the state attorney general said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken bussed four hours to make a meeting with European leaders after his government plane experienced \u201cmechanical issues.\u201d Blinken often uses a federally funded Boeing 737 plane, which is owned by the U.S. Air Force, to travel internationally and attend meetings with dignitaries and world leaders. 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