German Chancellor Angela Merkel is finally on her way to Argentina for the G20 summit after a technical problem with her plane forced her to change plans and stay overnight in Bonn. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is finally on her way to Argentina for the G20 summit after a technical problem with her plane forced her to change plans and stay overnight in Bonn. Angela Merkel hit by plane trouble on way to G20Mrs Merkel’s office said she and a small delegation, including the finance minister, took a different government plane to Madrid on Friday morning, and then boarded a commercial flight to Buenos Aires. Angela Merkel (Michael Sohn/AP)The plane was diverted to the Cologne/Bonn airport and landed without incident. The air force was sending a similar plane from Cologne-Bonn, where the government’s fleet is based, to Buenos Aires on Friday to pick up Mrs Merkel after the G20 summit.

Source: Irish Independent November 30, 2018 10:23 UTC