Blinken’s Boeing 737 plane suffers mechanical failure en route to NATO meetings

This unexpected problem led to a delay and required Blinken and his team to take a road trip instead. They had to travel 193 miles from Paris to Brussels by bus, which took over four hours. Meanwhile, Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General, is speaking to the foreign ministers at a special meeting celebrating the 75th anniversary of the alliance.

As a result of the Boeing 737 plane’s mechanical failure, Blinken arrived about two hours late. The modified Boeing 737 that Blinken uses during his travels around the world is owned and operated by the U.S. Air Force. His trips have often included visits to the Middle East.