A plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Group of 20 meeting in Argentina has been forced to make an unscheduled landing after developing technical problems.
The German news agency dpa reported that the government Airbus, which was en route to Buenos Aires, turned around over the Netherlands about an hour into the flight.
It says the aircraft landed safely in Cologne in western Germany.
It said a replacement German air force plane was being prepared to carry Mrs Merkel and her entourage to the G20 meeting that starts on Friday.
According to German military blog Augengeradeaus.net, the aircraft was transmitting a 7600 transponder code, indicating a radio failure.
The G20 meeting in Buenos Aires comes amid growing economic uncertainty and global displeasure with US President Donald Trump’s trade policy.
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