"Another malfunction": The German Foreign Minister's plane returned to Germany | Australia twice within a day | Foreign Minister
According to the German magazine Der Spiegel on August 14th, German Foreign Minister Analena Berber failed her second attempt to fly to Australia with the Air Force Flight Service.
According to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur reporter on board, the captain announced the news. According to reports, 15 minutes after takeoff, the Airbus A340 once again deviated from its course and flew back to Abu Dhabi. The plane initially began to climb, but clearly did not accelerate. Bell Burke's first reaction was frustration: "Sometimes situations can be really annoying."
"Mission interrupted! The aircraft that has already been refueled has malfunctioned again." The German Air Force announced on social media X late on the 14th, "We will now land again in Abu Dhabi." The flight tracker shows that the aircraft was originally hovering at sea - possibly to discharge fuel. Without this measure, the plane would be unable to land due to its heavy weight.
Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Sebastian Fischer also wrote on social media X, "Despite previous flight tests, technical issues have reappeared. We are now returning to Abu Dhabi again. This is very annoying."
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According to the report, the A340 government plane flying to Australia had previously taken off from Abu Dhabi and "returned there for safety reasons" in the early morning of the 14th. The Air Force explained that due to technical issues, the flaps could not be retracted properly. The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently announced that the plane would take off for the second time. Fischer posted on X on the evening of the 14th, saying, "We will be flying to Australia again after a slight delay." He also released photos of the plane.
Bellberg set off on the 13th to visit Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. This visit is expected to last for one week.