CNN —Secretary of State Antony Blinken was forced to change planes to return to Washington from Davos after his plane suffered what the traveling press was told was a critical failure related to an oxygen leak.
Blinken and the traveling party boarded the modified Boeing 737 jet in Zurich on Wednesday after a day and a half of meetings at the global summit in Davos.
While a cause of that accident is still under investigation, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun has acknowledge a “mistake” by Boeing led to the incident.
But the newer version of the 737, the 737 Max, has had a series of serious problems long before the Alaska Air incident this month.
But it has had other quality issues since returning to service beyond the Alaska Air incident.
Persons:
Antony Blinken, Dave Calhoun, Blinken, CNN’s Chris Isidore, Gregory Wallace
Organizations:
CNN, Boeing, Alaska Airlines
Locations:
Washington, Davos, Zurich, deplane, Alaska, Indonesia, Ethopia, Denver