Washington:
US Vice President Kamala Harris’s plane was forced to land quickly just after take-off on Sunday due to a technical trouble on her way to Guatemala for her initially international trip.
“I’m good. I’m good,” Harris told reporters, providing a thumbs-up just after exiting the plane when it returned to Joint Base Andrews on the outskirts of Washington. “We all said a little prayer, but we’re good.”
Harris’s spokeswoman Symone Sanders stated that the vice president would switch planes and no key delays in her itinerary had been anticipated.
“It is a technical issue. There are no major safety concerns,” Sanders stated.
A journalist onboard reported “an unusual noise” from the landing gear when the plane — identified as Air Force Two — took off, but stated that the landing was “completely normal.”
Harris will stop by Guatemala and Mexico this week, bringing a message of hope to a area hammered by Covid-19 and which is the supply of most of the undocumented migrants searching for entry to the United States.
Harris is taking her initially trip abroad as President Joe Biden’s deputy with an eye towards tackling the root causes of migration from the area — one of the thorniest concerns facing the White House.
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