German press derides plane fault ‘disgrace’ after minister’s cancelled trip

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The cancellation of an official visit by Germany’s foreign minister to Oceania after her government plane twice developed a fault has drawn widespread scorn and derision and led to calls for change. The German tabloid Bild called Annalena Baerbock’s “50-hour odyssey” a “disgrace” and a “humiliation” for Germany and said it could result in the rest of the world no longer taking Europe’s largest economy seriously. Baerbock and a delegation including advisers and journalists had set off on Sunday. After a refuelling stopover in Abu Dhabi, the pilot of the Konrad Adenauer Airbus 340 reported problems with its back wing...