The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently working on options for further trip planning. Burbock is scheduled to visit Australia, New Zealand and Fiji within a week.
The plane carrying German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock to Australia had to make an emergency landing in Abu Dhabi. About that reported Department spokesman Sebastian Fischer. The information was also confirmed in a government briefing on 14 August.
It was indicated that there was a mechanical problem with the flaps.
SA Luftwaffe it was reported that the A340 had to return to Abu Dhabi, where it had made a scheduled landing for refueling, for security reasons. The flaps failed to retract properly. In order to land safely in Abu Dhabi again, the plane had to jettison fuel.
As the Air Force explains, this is a standardized safety procedure – otherwise the vehicle would be too heavy to land. The fuel spill occurred at an area designated by the local air traffic controller.
I had to use up 80 tons of kerosene. To do this, the car circled the sea for about 80 minutes. After landing, the airbus was accompanied by the airport fire brigade.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently working on options for further trip planning. Burbock is scheduled to visit Australia, New Zealand and Fiji within a week.
Recall that a plane of Halla Airlines made a hard landing in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. One person was hurt.
It was also reported that the plane of the private Indian airline IndiGo made an emergency landing in Pakistan due to the death of a passenger on board.
Source: korrespondent
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