Blinken’s Return From Davos Was Delayed After Plane Broke Down

Antony Blinken waves as he boards a US government plane in Cairo on Jan. 11.Photographer: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP/Getty Images

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was delayed on his return from Davos on Wednesday due to a critical malfunction with his aircraft.

After flying from Davos to Zurich on helicopters and boarding the modified Boeing Co. 737, Blinken and his party were informed that the aircraft had been deemed unsafe to fly. An oxygen leak detected previously could not be remedied.