{"id":2402681,"date":"2025-02-14T11:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-plane-carrying-marco-rubio-suffers-mid-flight-mechanical-issue\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:16:44","slug":"air-force-plane-carrying-marco-rubio-suffers-mid-flight-mechanical-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/air-force-plane-carrying-marco-rubio-suffers-mid-flight-mechanical-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force Plane Carrying Marco Rubio Suffers Mid-Flight Mechanical Issue"},"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\">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%2Fair-force-plane-carrying-marco-rubio-suffers-mid-flight-mechanical-issue%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=2402681&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>An Air force plane carrying\u2063 Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Senate \u200dForeign Relations Commitee Chairman Jim Risch \u200chad to return\u200b to Washington due to a mechanical \u200dissue shortly after takeoff. The problem was related \u200bto the cockpit windshield and occurred around 90 minutes\u200c into the flight from Joint Base Andrews, \u200cbound for the munich Security Conference. State \u200bDepartment\u2062 spokeswoman Tammy Bruce confirmed\u200d the\u2062 plane&#8217;s return and noted that Rubio plans to \u2064continue his travel to Germany\u2064 and the Middle East on a different aircraft. \u2064It is currently uncertain whether \u200dthis delay will affect his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-liz-cheney-will-likely-be-stripped-of-gop-leadership-role-as-soon-as-may-12-faces-growing-list-of-2022-challengers\/\" title=\"Report: Liz Cheney Will Likely Be Stripped Of GOP Leadership Role As Soon As May 12, Faces \u2018Growing List\u2019 of 2022 Challengers\">scheduled meeting<\/a> with Vice President J.D. Vance \u200dand Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Munich.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Risch to Germany for the Munich Security Conference was forced to return to Washington late Thursday after developing a mechanical issue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This evening, en route from Washington to Munich, the plane on which Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rubio-bombshell-el-salvador-willing-jail-worst-criminals-40000-super-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubio<\/a> is flying experienced a mechanical issue,&rdquo; State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The plane has turned around and is returning to Joint Base Andrews,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usaid-utterly-obliterated-rubio-announces-97-staff-gone-africa-asia--20-staffers-total\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secretary<\/a> intends to continue his travel to Germany and the Middle East on a separate aircraft.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The issue with what one official said had to do with the cockpit windshield on the C-32, a converted Boeing 757, occurred about 90 minutes after the flight took off from Joint Base Andrews outside of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Although Rubio plans to resume his journey on a new plane, it was not immediately clear if the delay would cause him to miss a scheduled Friday morning meeting with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgust-jd-vance-eviscerates-democrat-attempting-cancel-doge-employee-lengthy-takedown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. 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