Antony Blinken stranded in Davos, "critical defect" discovered in his plane

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Antony Blinken stranded in Davos, "critical defect" discovered in his
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is unable to leave Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, due to a problem with his plane, officials said.

According to Bloomberg, his plane, a modified Boeing 737, suffered a critical malfunction after an oxygen leak was detected and could not be immediately fixed. The aircraft was then deemed unsafe to fly.

The update came hours after Blinken spoke during a panel in Davos, where he called for stability in the Middle East and said the region was at "a tipping point" that required tough decisions. He also foreshadowed the belief that there could be a resolution to end the Israel-Hamas war.

"We are in the middle of what is in many ways a human tragedy in the Middle East right now — for Israelis and Palestinians alike," Blinken said.

During his remarks, he reiterated the need for a "path to a Palestinian state" and said Israel "would have no real security in the absence of that."


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