He flew to a conference in Munich, had to turn around. A malfunction was detected on the US Secretary of State's plane

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The U.S. Secretary of State flew to a conference in Munich. The plane abruptly suffered a malfunction.

On the plane on which the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on board, a malfunction was detected. As stated, there was a crack in the cockpit shaft. Consequently, the pilot was forced to turn around and the politician would control to another aircraft. It is not known whether the Secretary will be able to attend a conference in Munich as a consequence of the delay.

Air Force aircraft was expected to drive Thursday night State Secretary Marc Rubio and president of the Committee on abroad Affairs of the legislature Jim Risch from Washington to Germany, where to take place Munich safety Conference. However, the device had to turn around due to the fact that it had a malfunction on the flight.

– This evening, on the way from Washington to Munich, the plane on which Secretary Rubio was flying had a malfunction, said the State Department spokesperson Tammy Brucequoted by the AP agency.

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As the spokesperson said, The plane was forced to turn around. and yet landed at Joint Base Andrew. “The secretary intends to proceed her journey to Germany and the mediate East by another aircraft,” she added.

Broken glass on Marc Rubio's plane. The pilot was forced to turn around.

One of the officials quoted by the AP agency said that the failure had occurred approximately 90 minutes after takeoff. A problem with the cockpit's windshield was detected. NBC News added that in the window reportedly fracture detectedwhich, however, did not constitute a ‘security threat’.

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Foreign media say that it is unclear whether the consequence of the failure will not be late Secretary of State for the Munich Conference. At the event Marco Rubio He was to meet U.S. Vice president JD Vance and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski, among others. The conference will hold discussions on the conclusion of the almost three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.