Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
Marco Rubio's plane returned to Washington due to a mechanical issue, raising doubts about his meeting with Zelenskiy at the Munich Security Conference.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Munich was forced to return to Washington on Thursday after experiencing a mechanical problem, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said.
"The Secretary intends to continue his travel to Germany and the Middle East on a separate aircraft," Bruce said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear whether Rubio would be able to make it to a meeting with Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, planned for Friday morning on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference.
The mechanical issue in the C-32 plane, a converted Boeing 757, related to a crack in the cockpit windshield, a U.S. official said, forcing the plane to turn around about 90 minutes after taking off.
Rubio’s plane landed safely at Joint Base Andrews just outside the capital around 10 p.m. It had taken off around 7 p.m.
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Costas Pitas; Editing by William Mallard)
The article discusses Marco Rubio's plane returning to Washington due to a mechanical issue, affecting his travel plans to meet Zelenskiy.
The plane returned due to a crack in the cockpit windshield.
It is unclear if Rubio will make it to the meeting with Zelenskiy due to the delay.
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