Government sources says, India offered plane to Justin Trudeau to fly back to Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation have finally taken off after being stranded in India for over 36 hours after the G20 Summit. Trudeau and his team were stranded due to a technical problem with the Canadian PM's aircraft.

Government sources told India Today that the Centre had offered the services of Air India One for Justin Trudeau's return on Monday. Air India One is a two-plane fleet of Boeing 777s used only by India's president, vice-president and prime minister for their international trips.

Canada, however, declined the offer and responded to the Indian government approximately six hours after the proposal was made, expressing their preference to wait for their own plane.

Justin Trudeau, who arrived in Delhi on September 8, was supposed to fly back home two days later on Sunday. However, a last-minute technical snag in his Airbus plane



forced the Canadian PM and his delegation to prolong their stay in the city.

Finally, on Monday, the technical issue was resolved and Trudeau's aircraft was cleared to fly. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar was at the airport to see the Canadian PM off and thanked him for attending the G20 Summit.

Trudeau's aircraft took off at around 1310 hrs (1:10 pm IST).

"On behalf of PM Narendra Modi Ji and my colleagues in government, I was at the airport today to thank Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada for his presence at the G20 Summit and wished him and his entourage a safe trip back home," the minister wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).

According to a previous CBC News report, the Canadian Air Force's CC-150 Polaris plane, which was on its way to pick up Trudeau, was diverted to London. No reason was given for the unscheduled diversion.