New device allows German minister in the lurch

kaunas - Straight away on her first mission with a modern A400M transport aircraft has been given to the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen with time.

One of the engines had failed, the government said Tuesday Lady in Lithuania, where she attended a NATO battalion led by Germany. The machine had to stand at the Kaunas airport and the Minister and her entourage had to fly back to Berlin with an older Transall machine.

The Airbus A400M, the successor to the Transall. The unit is considered the most modern military transport aircraft in the world, but the Bundeswehr also provide the most headaches. Its development has for years held up by political, financial and technical problems.