Posted on 09/11/2023 8:33:51 AM PDT by FarCenter
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 in the early 1990s. Chrétien named it so after a lavish upgrade of the aircraft’s interiors was done by the then Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Chrétien subsequently became the PM himself and he also used the aircraft on official trips but chose to tone down the interiors.
What has been the spate of snags with the aircraft?
Before donning the VIP role, the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ was part of a batch of five aircraft, which was inducted into commercial service for an airline company in 1987-88. It began to have maintenance issues only recently — all of them have occurred during the prime ministership of Trudeau.
In 2016, the aircraft developed a snag in the flaps which forced Trudeau to return to Ottawa, Canada’s capital, just 30 minutes after take off. At the time, he was headed to Brussels to sign a free trade deal with the European Union.
Two years later, Trudeau was on his way to India when the aircraft developed a snag in Rome during a refuelling stop. The issue emerged due to a damaged sensor, stretching the fuel stop from the usual 1.5 hours to about three hours. The Canadian media at the time had a field day, giving headlines that the ‘Flying Taj Mahal’ delayed Trudeau’s visit to the actual Taj Mahal.
The aircraft suffered severe damage in 2019, when it rolled into the back wall of a hangar while being towed on the ground at an airbase in Canada. The accident left its nose and right engine cowling damaged.
Why couldn’t it have malfunctioned while in flight?
Replacement plane sent to India to pick up PM, delegation after maintenance issue
The Royal Canadian Air Force sent a CC-150 Polaris to India from CFB Trenton Sunday night to pick up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Canadian delegation after the plane that took him there suffered a maintenance problem.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/replacement-plane-polaris-india-1.6962591
Modi scolds Trudeau over Sikh protests in Canada against India
TORONTO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed strong concerns about protests in Canada against India to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, according a statement by India.
New Delhi has been long sensitive to Sikh protesters in Canada. In June, India criticized Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists.
“They are promoting secessionism and inciting violence against Indian diplomats, damaging diplomatic premises and threatening the Indian community in Canada and their places of worship,” the Indian statement said.
Relations between India and Canada remain tense, and Ottawa this month paused talks on a proposed trade treaty with India, just three months after the two nations said they aimed to seal an initial agreement this year. Modi, who held bilateral meetings with many world leaders during the G20 summit, did not hold one with Trudeau.
For the people of Canada, leave him there.
In fact, their legislature should ban him from closer than
that.
Why does India care so much about a pipsqueak country like Canadistan?
They’re not even a real country anyway.
And hoes...
They can keep him.
This “snag” sums up Turdeau’s 2023 Canada, eh?
Couldn’t have said it better myself... Trudeau is a racist, a phony, an elitist and worst of all... A Fascist.
So, more time for Banga Boi to enjoy some curry
As ‘A Formerly Proud Canadian’, India has my permission to keep Justin Castreau. India, you send us millions of your native sons and daughters, it’s only fair that you get one of ours. Keep him, please.
Looking at #18 no wonder the wife left, hope she took the kids far from him.
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