'Merkel device possibly sabotaged'

berlin - The emergency landing of the German government aircraft with Chancellor Angela Merkel on board Thursday night was possibly the result of sabotage. The Rheinische Post reports this Friday on the basis of sources within the security services.

The incident is being investigated as a 'criminal act'. The aircraft broke the flight to Argentina over the Netherlands to make an emergency landing in Cologne. Cause was a technical failure. The experienced pilot would have stated that there was an 'unprecedented failure of the communication system'. Such a failure was not considered possible, according to sources within the security services.