Posted 1/17/2024, 8:04:00 PM
Blinken's Return from Davos Delayed by Oxygen Leak on Aging Boeing Jet
- Secretary of State Blinken's return from Davos was delayed due to an oxygen leak on his Boeing 737 business jet that could not be fixed
- Blinken had already traveled from Davos to Zurich when the issue was discovered
- Blinken had to wait for a substitute jet to fly from Brussels to take him back to Washington
- Blinken's staff and press pool returned via commercial flights instead
- The malfunctioning jet was an older Boeing 737 model, different from the grounded 737 MAX planes