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Technical Issue on Plane Forces Spain's PM Sanchez to Miss Paris Summit on Ukraine
Pedro Sánchez's plane malfunctioned mid-flight, leading to a timely return to Madrid and remote participation at the Ukraine summit alongside key European leaders.
- On Thursday morning, a mid-flight breakdown forced the Falcon carrying Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to return to Madrid, leading the government to cancel his planned Paris trip and Sánchez joined the summit by videoconference from Moncloa after landing at Torrejón de Ardoz air base.
- After flying to London on Wednesday, 3 September, Sánchez planned to attend the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Several Western leaders attended on-site in Paris, including Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Ursula von der Leyen, Mark Rutte, and António Costa, while Keir Starmer and Donald Trump joined remotely by videoconference.
- Sánchez therefore missed in-person talks, as he landed back in Torrejón about 15 minutes before the 10am meeting at Palacio del Elíseo began.
- Given the summit's aim, the flight failure created a rare logistical break that forced Pedro Sánchez to follow discussions on Ukraine's security guarantees remotely, while European and NATO leaders met in person.
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The aircraft, which crossed Navarre via Paris, made an arch over the west of the Foral Community.
The president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, will attend by video call to summit on Ukraine in Paris, due to a technical problem on his plane.
"The plane broke down": the Spanish Prime Minister also refused to meet on Ukraine: EADaily
EADaily, September 4th, 2025. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez did not arrive in Paris to the meeting of the so-called "coalition of the willing" because of the breakdown of the aircraft. The Spanish Mundo writes about this today, September 4.
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