Foreign Minister Baerbock had to cancel a trip after repeated plane breakdowns. This triggers a debate about the need for reform of government airlines. The Department of Defense sees no reason for this.
After Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s breakdown trip with an Air Force Airbus, the Ministry of Defense has rejected doubts about the capabilities of the readiness to fly.
An examination of the flights from November 2020 to date has shown a reliability of more than 95 percent, said a ministry spokeswoman at the federal press conference in Berlin. “That speaks for itself. Because of the two mishaps, I don’t see a fundamental need for reform,” she emphasized. Flight safety is important. “We have guaranteed that.”
Baerbock had to cancel the trip
Baerbock had to cut short a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji before reaching her first destination. After a refueling stop in Abu Dhabi, the landing flaps on the A340 of the Bundeswehr’s flight readiness service could not be folded in after take-off. The same error occurred again during another attempt, so that the Green politician ended the trip and returned to Germany on a scheduled flight.
Source: Stern
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