Plane fault leaves Polish president grounded
PR dla Zagranicy
Victoria Bieniek
01.12.2016 15:25
Polish President Andrzej Duda was on Thursday delayed at an airport in Wrocław, south-west Poland, after his plane was grounded by a computer system fault, the IAR news agency has reported.
Passengers leave the grounded presidential plane at Wrocław airport. Source: PAP/Jacek Turczyk.
Directly after an official visit to Sweden, Duda scheduled a stopover in Wrocław to travel to the Rudna mine, where eight men died after a strong tremor on Tuesday evening.
The president and other passengers were on board a presidential plane and about to fly to Warsaw when they were informed of the fault.
After a delay at the airport in Wrocław, they travelled to Warsaw on board a different plane. Information about the cause of the fault has not been revealed. (vb/pk)
Source: IAR