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  • Canada PM stuck in India due to aircraft snag: A look at Trudeau’s ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ and its glitches

    09/11/2023 8:33:51 AM PDT · by FarCenter · 25 replies
    The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stuck in New Delhi following the conclusion of the G20 summit as his official aircraft has developed a snag. While the nature of the snag remains unknown, this is not the first time that the 34-year-old aircraft, nicknamed ‘Flying Taj Mahal’, has suffered a mechanical defect in its history of transporting Trudeau across the globe. How did the Canadian PM’s aircraft get the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ moniker? The CC 150 Polaris aircraft, which is essentially an Airbus 310-300, was christened the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ by the then opposition leader of Canada Jean Chrétien...