Nach G20-Treffen: Klingbeil kann zurück nach Deutschland fliegen
Ausgerechnet zum Kabinettsbeschluss seiner Steuerreform steckt der Finanzminister in den USA fest, weil der Regierungsjet nicht rechtzeitig abheben kann. Nun geht es zurück.
Berlin – Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) has returned to Germany following a forced stop due to damage to his government machine in the United States. The Airbus took off with a multi-hour delay in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, after the originally planned flight had to be postponed on Tuesday evening in Berlin time.
Klingbeil thus missed the cabinet meeting where his income tax reform was launched. The delay was presumably caused by a passenger with a climbing ladder. A structural defect was found at the aircraft door before takeoff, said a spokesman for the German Defense Ministry upon request. This had to be checked. For this purpose, documentary material was evaluated in Germany by experts.
The Air Force and Lufthansa Technical then gave the green light for a return flight for the minister and his delegation. Klingbeil said shortly before takeoff in Greenville that it was of course regrettable that he could not be present in the cabinet. The tax reform was for him one of the particularly important projects. "But I simply have to take the warning of the crew and the flight readiness very seriously," said the Vice Chancellor.
"I am very grateful to everyone that they also pay attention to the safety of all passengers on board."
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