After G20 meeting: Klingbeil can fly back to Germany
Ironically, just as the US Cabinet was due to decide on a tax reform, the Finance Minister found himself stuck because the government jet could not take off on time. Now he is heading back.
German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, due to damage to his government plane. The plane, an Airbus operated by the Luftwaffe, had been set to depart on Tuesday evening but was delayed after a "structural damage" was discovered at one of the plane's doors.
The damage was assessed by experts in Germany using image material, and after receiving clearance from the Luftwaffe and Lufthansa Technik, Klingbeil and his delegation departed for Germany. As a result of the delay, Klingbeil missed a cabinet meeting in Berlin where his income tax reform was being discussed.
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