Malfunction grounds Merkel

– The German Air Force said yesterday there was no suspicion of criminal activity after a malfunction forced a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina to make an unscheduled landing.

A spokesperson for the air force added: “It’s a standard check of the radio equipment that failed.”

Merkel was on her way from Germany to the summit when the Airbus A340 made an unscheduled, but safe, landing at Cologne-Bonn airport.