US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos, had to delay his departure from Switzerland today due to a technical problem with his plane.
The US head of state, who spent a day and a half in Davos to attend the forum, was unable to leave Zurich when scheduled because of an oxygen-related malfunction on his plane, a US official said.
Another plane was sent to pick him up while members of his delegation returned to Washington on a scheduled flight.
Aircraft problems are not uncommon for a secretary of state who depends on a fleet of aging official jets, which the U.S. Congress is reluctant to fund to renew.
Blinken has made four trips to the Middle East, often visiting multiple countries a day, since the Palestinian Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, after which Israel launched an extensive military campaign against the Gaza Strip.
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