Canada said on Friday an aircraft was sent this week to island nation Jamaica to address a maintenance issue with the plane that took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to the Caribbean, enabling him to return home.
This is the second recent instance of such an aircraft glitch in less than six months. Trudeau’s departure from India in September last year was delayed by a couple of days after a G20 summit. “We can confirm two Royal Canadian Air Force CC-144 Challengers were in Jamaica supporting transport for the prime minister,” a spokesperson for Canada’s defence department said.
On Tuesday, an inspection uncovered the maintenance issue before Trudeau’s departure date. A maintenance team and aircraft were sent to the island to restore the craft to service the next day. The Canadian PM was able to return on the original plane, the spokesperson said.
In the earlier incident, Trudeau faced a delay during his stay in Delhi due to an unexpected issue in the plane. The Canadian delegation, present in New Delhi for the two-day G20 Summit, had to extend the stay due to a glitch in the country’s 34-year-old aircraft.
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