NZ leader flies to China with two jets (in case one breaks down)

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New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins took two air force jets with him on a trip to China in case the one he was travelling in broke down. Mr Hipkins flew to Beijing on Sunday in a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757, leading a delegation of company executives in the hope of expanding trade with his nation’s biggest export market. A second 757 accompanied the first as far as Manila in the Philippines, acting as a backup in case of any mechanical problems, the Prime Minister’s office said on Monday in Wellington. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins...