Originally Posted by
gearlever
2nd A340 also in EDDK, but no crew.....
Originally Posted by
Less Hair
The crew of No. 2 had been kept at readiness but got released right after takeoff of No. 1. Afterwards their legal duty time left was not enough to go to Argentina anymore.
16+02 Theodor Heuss was originally positioned to TXL for backup landing at 1613Z and flew back to CGN at 1826Z, landing at 1918Z. 16+01 Konrad Adenauer started its turn back to CGN at 1914Z. It looks like even if a swap could be organized, as the reports say, no duty time left for either crew.
Originally Posted by
ShotOne
I understand there was some embarrassment last year when the same aircraft was grounded at an IMF meeting because mice had damaged the wiring.
Don't know if it also happened earlier but rodents grounded 16+01 in Indonesia last month:
German minster's plane grounded after rodents gnaw through cabling
Oct 14, 2018
Nusa Dua, Indonesia (dpa) - Members of German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz's delegation remained stranded in Indonesia on Sunday after rodents gnawed through the cables of a government plane during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Scholz himself landed in Berlin on Sunday after a 22-hour flight from Bali, with changes in Hong Kong and Zurich.
The Social Democrat (SPD) politician had to be back in Germany as soon as possible because of state elections in Bavaria and the need for consultations with his party.
Rodents - probably mice - had nibbled through the electrical cables of the "Konrad Adenauer," sources at the IMF meeting told dpa.
Scholz was told on Saturday that he should choose a few of his closest aides to return with him, and was initially asked not to report the incident, the sources said.
16+02 left CGN for EZE at 1257Z this afternoon. Will they book some return tickets just in case?