Repeated plane malfunction threatened to strand Justin Trudeau again

Justin Trudeau is currently serving his third term as Prime Minister. Photo: Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press

Repeated glitch with Canadian prime minister Minister Justin Trudeau's official plane risked delaying him abroad for the second time in four months.

The Canadian Forces said it was forced to send a second plane to Jamaica after Mr. Trudeau's plane broke down during his recent visit. to the Caribbean country, where a repair team was sent to fix the problem.

Mr Trudeau, who was on the Caribbean island on a family vacation, is forced to fly on a military plane for security reasons.

The incident occurred after an earlier malfunction of the Canadian prime minister's plane delayed his departure from the airport. G20 summit in India in September 2023 for two days.

A pre-flight inspection revealed that the CC-150 Polaris part was faulty and required replacement.

Mr. Trudeau is traveling on a CC military aircraft -150 Polaris for safety reasons. Photo: Future Publishing

Both aircraft were relatively new additions to the Canadian Forces.

“We can confirm the presence of two Royal Canadian Air Force CCs. 144 Challenger aircraft were in Jamaica servicing the Prime Minister's transport, a Canadian Defense spokesman said.

Trudeau returns with the original aircraft

An inspection revealed a maintenance problem on Tuesday, before the plane -Trudeau had to fly back. to Canada, the spokesman added.

A maintenance team and an aircraft were sent to the island to restore the ship to working order the next day.

Trudeau, 52, was able to return to his original plane, the representative said.

p>In 2019, Trudeau was also forced to use a reserve plane to attend the NATO summit in London after the one he was originally scheduled to fly on was damaged in a hangar accident.

Also in the same During his election campaign, the Boeing charter plane he was scheduled to fly on was grounded after a bus carrying journalists collided with the plane's wing.

Mr. Trudeau is currently in his third term. term as prime minister. was first elected in 2015.

By the time the next election comes around in 2025, he will have been in power for 10 years, and polls suggest Canadians may be in the mood for change.

Most opinion polls now show Mr. Trudeau trailing significantly behind his new challenger, Conservative leader Pierre Poiliève.

No Canadian prime minister since Wilfrid Laurier 1908 did not win elections four times in a row.