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Jinping airport glitch embarrasses Mugabe
03 Dec 2015 at 06:32hrs | Views
Chinese President Xi Jinping came face to face with Zimbabwe's collapsing services after his plane was delayed by about 15 minutes at Harare International Airport due to malfunctioning equipment.
A towable aircraft passenger staircase operated by the National Handling Services developed a technical fault and remained stuck to Xi's Air China Boeing 747-400 plane in an embossing episode for his host President Robert Mugabe.
To avoid further embarrassment NHS staff operating the machine called for reinforcement from their workmates and physically pushed the stair off the plane as Mugabe watched helplessly.
To avoid further embarrassment NHS staff operating the machine called for reinforcement from their workmates and physically pushed the stair off the plane as Mugabe watched helplessly.
Source - newsday
