‘We all said a little prayer’: US vice president Kamala Harris’s plane forced to land shortly after take-off

Alice Hutton

June 7, 2021, 4:24 AM·1 min read

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<p>Kamala Harris gives a thumbs-up after her plane was forced to land shortly after take-off</p> (REUTERS) — Kamala Harris gives a thumbs-up after her plane was forced to land shortly after take-off
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A plane carrying US vice president Kamala Harris on her first foreign trip was forced to return to base after just 30 minutes following a “technical difficulty.”

Ms Harris had been due to fly to Guatemala and Mexico on Sunday and took off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

But the plane suffered a technical issue and returned less than an hour later, as reported by the Associated Press.

She gave a thumbs-up as she disembarked following a safe landing and said: “I’m good, I’m good. We all said a little prayer, but we’re good.”

Symone Sanders, a spokesperson for the vice president said she would depart on a different plane later that day.

She said: “It is a technical issue. There are no major safety concerns.”

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's trip to Guatemala and Mexico this week is likely to emphasize cooperation with non-government organizations, amid some criticism from local officials over the timing and thrust of her mission to curb migration to the United States from the region, advisers and experts said. The vice president's first overseas trip since taking office, which starts on Sunday, will focus on economic development, climate and food insecurity and women's issues, White House officials say. Harris's advisers said she will meet with community leaders, workers and entrepreneurs, and have repeatedly sought to lower short-term expectations from the three-day trip, highlighting her focus on root causes for migration such as corruption that have plagued the countries for years.
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‘We all said a little prayer’: US vice president Kamala Harris’s plane forced to land shortly after take-off

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