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Bankrupted Beggar Merkel's Air Force One Jet Broke Down EMERGENCY LANDING! MH-370 soon!

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Merkel’s plane breaks down, makes emergency landing on way to G20 summit
Published time: 29 Nov, 2018 20:30 Edited time: 29 Nov, 2018 21:23
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Cologne not long after it took off for the G20 summit in Argentina, after it experienced “electronic problems” mid-flight, German media report.
Merkel’s plane, named after Konrad Adenauer, had to return after just an hour into the 15-hour flight to Buenos Aires after experiencing “technical malfunction.” The high-profile aircraft turned around over the Netherlands and made an emergency landing in Cologne.
Photos from the scene show firefighting vehicles with their lights flashing waiting for the malfunctioning plane at the airport.

A replacement aircraft has been sent to Cologne from Berlin to pick up the German chancellor and her stranded delegation.
It remains unclear if the delay will affect Merkel’s schedule at the G20 summit, which starts Friday. Merkel is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Syria and Ukraine, including the recent incident in the Kerch Strait.
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A fire engine is pictured through a window of the Airbus A340 government aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel. © Reuters / Andreas Rinke
The German delegation may end up being stuck in Cologne for the night, or may be forced to go to Buenos Aires on a commercial flight. Merkel and other passengers remain on board of malfunctioning plane, Gordon Repinski, one of the reporters stranded alongside the Chancellor, has tweeted.
 
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Merkel to miss G20 opening after emergency landing in Cologne

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30 Nov 2018 05:36AM (Updated: 30 Nov 2018 01:28PM)
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COLOGNE, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will miss the opening of the G20 summit in Argentina after what she called a "serious malfunction" forced her government plane to make an unscheduled but safe landing.
Merkel and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz will resume their travel to Buenos Aires early on Friday (Nov 30), but the long flight time means they will arrive after world leaders start their discussions.


The government's Airbus A340 aircraft carrying Merkel and her delegation to the Group of 20 summit of industrialised nations turned around after technical problems surfaced an hour into the 15-hour flight, and landed safely at the Cologne-Bonn airport.

The Airbus A340 government aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German delgeation to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. (Photo: Reuters/Andreas Rinke)


"It was a serious malfunction," Merkel told reporters hours later, after the delegation was brought to a hotel in Bonn. "Luckily, we had an excellent crew and the most experienced pilot of the special air mission wing."
The airplane captain told passengers he had decided to land after the "malfunction of several electronic systems", but said there had been no security risk.


Merkel and other passengers initially remained on board the aircraft, called "Konrad Adenauer", as mechanics inspected its brakes and several fire engines waited nearby, according to a Reuters reporter on board.
Der Spiegel magazine said the entire communication system malfunctioned, constituting a serious emergency, with the crew forced to plan the landing using an on-board satellite phone.

A fire engine pictured through a window of the Airbus A340 government aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German delegation to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. (Photo: Reuters/Andreas Rinke)


Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen was informed about the incident immediately, and tried for hours to organise an alternate aircraft to carry Merkel and her entourage.
The German military blog Augengeradeaus reported that the plane's transponder was transmitting the code 7600 which refers to a radio malfunction.
Later, the delegation traveled by bus to a hotel in Bonn. Delegation sources said a different government plane would fly Merkel and Scholz to Madrid, where they would switch to a commercial carrier for the final leg of the trip.

A picture shows the flight path of Airbus A340 government aircraft carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German delegation to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. (Photo: Reuters/Andreas Rinke)


The delay will complicate Merkel's schedule at a meeting where the G20 members expect to face difficult negotiations on myriad issues.
Merkel, who had planned bilateral meetings with the presidents of the United States, China, Russia and India, was unlikely to arrive in Buenos Aires until Friday evening, German government sources said. It was not immediately clear which bilateral meetings would have to be rescheduled.
Scholz was grounded on the same A340 aircraft last month after an International Monetary Fund meeting in Indonesia, according to German media reports. They said the issue involved damage caused by rodents.
Source: Reuters/de/na
 
The meeting is better off without her.
 
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