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Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s aircraft develops snag; PM to stay in Delhi till alternate travel arrangements made | India News
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NEW DELHI: The over 30-year-old aircraft supposed to fly Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation back home on Sunday night developed a snag just before departure. The technical issue was detected by Canadian Armed Forces. Trudeau and his entourage are now staying back in Delhi till either the snag is rectified or alternate travel arrangements are made. A Canadian High Commission official the alternate plan will be informed when confirmed.
“Upon our departure for the airport, we were made aware by the Canadian Armed Forces that CFC001 was experiencing technical issues. These issues are not fixable overnight, our delegation will be staying in India until alternate arrangements are made,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
The wide body Airbus A310 had flown Trudeau to Delhi from Singapore on September 8 and was to leave for Ottawa via Rome on Sunday when a glitch as detected. Incidentally in the summer of 2018, the aircraft had developed a snag when Trudeau was to leave for Delhi. The flight was delayed that time too. There have been other instances too of this ageing aircraft suffering issues. The Canadian government is in the process of replacing the old VVIP aircraft.
This is not the only case of a VVIP flight getting delayed in recent times due to snags on old planes. Last month, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had to cancel her trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after her 23-year-old Airbus A340 yet again suffered a snag during refuelling in Abu Dhabi. Germany is also retiring its old VVIP fleet.
The most famous VVIP aircraft — US president’s Air Force One — will be a brand new Boeing 747 by 2027 when the current ageing jumbo jets used for the job are retired. There are two exactly similar Air Force Ones in service. The first of the new jumbos will join the presidential fleet in 2027 and then second one a year later. President Biden has decided to retain the well known blue and white livery on the new Air Force Ones. The two Air Force Ones have been flying from the term of President George Bush senior who served from 1989-93.
Indian dignitaries recently got two state-of-the-art Boeing 777s that replaced the over three-decade old jumbo jets of Air India (now no longer with AI) which used to fly the president, PM and VPs for long haul international journeys.
“Upon our departure for the airport, we were made aware by the Canadian Armed Forces that CFC001 was experiencing technical issues. These issues are not fixable overnight, our delegation will be staying in India until alternate arrangements are made,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
The wide body Airbus A310 had flown Trudeau to Delhi from Singapore on September 8 and was to leave for Ottawa via Rome on Sunday when a glitch as detected. Incidentally in the summer of 2018, the aircraft had developed a snag when Trudeau was to leave for Delhi. The flight was delayed that time too. There have been other instances too of this ageing aircraft suffering issues. The Canadian government is in the process of replacing the old VVIP aircraft.
This is not the only case of a VVIP flight getting delayed in recent times due to snags on old planes. Last month, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had to cancel her trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji after her 23-year-old Airbus A340 yet again suffered a snag during refuelling in Abu Dhabi. Germany is also retiring its old VVIP fleet.
The most famous VVIP aircraft — US president’s Air Force One — will be a brand new Boeing 747 by 2027 when the current ageing jumbo jets used for the job are retired. There are two exactly similar Air Force Ones in service. The first of the new jumbos will join the presidential fleet in 2027 and then second one a year later. President Biden has decided to retain the well known blue and white livery on the new Air Force Ones. The two Air Force Ones have been flying from the term of President George Bush senior who served from 1989-93.
Indian dignitaries recently got two state-of-the-art Boeing 777s that replaced the over three-decade old jumbo jets of Air India (now no longer with AI) which used to fly the president, PM and VPs for long haul international journeys.
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