Angela Merkel is on her India visit. I hope India and Germany will further their economic relations through this visit.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel was forced to fly in a military cargo plane after her official plane broke down ahead of a trip to India. Merkel is in the country to boost bilateral trade in defense, technology and automobiles.
The "Konrad Adenauer," the German chancellor's specially equipped Airbus A340 named after Germany's first postwar chancellor, was grounded Sunday following unspecified technical faults discovered shortly before takeoff.
Instead, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her entourage flew to New Delhi aboard the "Kurt Schumacher," a relatively spartan Airbus A310 used by the German military and named after the postwar head of the Social Democratic Party.
The military cargo plane lacks the comforts of the VIP jet, including a separate meeting room for the German leader. Still, it arrived on schedule in New Delhi on Sunday.
Merkel and her aides sat at the front of the military jet, followed by four cabinet members, then industry representatives with reporters riding in the rear.
"We are now all under one roof," a member of the delegation told the dpa news agency during the flight.
Merkel, German delegation catch lift on military jet to India | News | DW.COM | 04.10.2015
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Chancellor Angela Merkel was forced to fly in a military cargo plane after her official plane broke down ahead of a trip to India. Merkel is in the country to boost bilateral trade in defense, technology and automobiles.
The "Konrad Adenauer," the German chancellor's specially equipped Airbus A340 named after Germany's first postwar chancellor, was grounded Sunday following unspecified technical faults discovered shortly before takeoff.
Instead, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her entourage flew to New Delhi aboard the "Kurt Schumacher," a relatively spartan Airbus A310 used by the German military and named after the postwar head of the Social Democratic Party.
The military cargo plane lacks the comforts of the VIP jet, including a separate meeting room for the German leader. Still, it arrived on schedule in New Delhi on Sunday.
Merkel and her aides sat at the front of the military jet, followed by four cabinet members, then industry representatives with reporters riding in the rear.
"We are now all under one roof," a member of the delegation told the dpa news agency during the flight.
Merkel, German delegation catch lift on military jet to India | News | DW.COM | 04.10.2015
