SANTO DOMINGO.- An electrical fault led President Luis Abinader to change aircraft when he was traveling to Argentina this Monday for the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American States (CELAC).
Abinader and his entourage returned to the ground 17 minutes after the plane took off, returning the aircraft to the San Isidro Air Base, from where he had to fly by helicopter to the Punta Cana airport and from there take another plane to Argentina.
The information was confirmed by the president’s spokesperson Homer Figueroa on his Twitter account, where he explained “The aircraft in which the president @luisabinader was traveling, as a result of an electrical fault, returned to the San Isidro airport. As a precaution, the President changed aircraft and took off for Argentina from the Punta Cana airport.
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It turned out that after the aircraft had taken off, one of the electrical outlets in the passenger area suffered a short circuit that, although it did not affect the airworthiness of the plane, the protocols ordered it to land, which the crew did.
The flight of the president accompanied by the administrative minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza; the Vice Minister of Foreign Relations, Rubén Silié; as well as his assistants Eilyn Beltran and Mercedes Pichardo and the director of Cusep, Brigadier General of the ERD, Jimmy Arias, left at 6:52 this afternoon.
The aircraft in which the president was traveling @luisabinader, as a result of an electrical failure, returned to the San Isidro airport. As a precaution, the President changed aircraft and took off for Argentina from the Punta Cana airport.
— Homero Figueroa (@HomeroFigueroaG) January 23, 2023
