Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's BS exposed.
Here is more details on the story. Canada had to elaborate further and admit the decision to leave Shanghai empty was a Canadian decision and not a result of China action or regulation. Bottom line it is result of faulty planning by Canadian authorities as the takeoff time is a Canadian decision and not a result of any Chinese restriction on how much time a cargo jet can spend on the ground in Shanghai.
China’s foreign ministry is disputing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s contention that restrictions on how much time a cargo jet can spend on the ground in Shanghai played a part in why two aircraft
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Mr. Trudeau, asked to explain why two planes chartered by Canadian governments to procure medical gear from China instead came home empty, on Tuesday first cited limits on the amount of time a plane can spend on the ground .
“There are severe restrictions on the ground in China in terms of how long a plane can actually stay in their airports before having to leave – whether it’s full or not,” Mr. Trudeau said Tuesday.
It was not the only explanation he gave. Mr. Trudeau also noted that “supply lines and shipments to the airport are difficult and interrupted by checkpoints and quarantine measures.”
In Beijing, however, a spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday denied there are limits on ground time for cargo jets in Shanghai. He was responding to a question about Mr. Trudeau’s comments on Tuesday.
“As to the incident involving two Canadian flights returning empty, we have checked with the competent department and found relevant reports to be inaccurate,” Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the foreign ministry, told a press briefing.
“Relevant airports and civil aviation authorities place no limit on the ground time of chartered cargo planes.”
Canada had to retract and revised their statement as
“This occurred due to on-the-ground congestion caused by a significant surge in cargo flights out of terminals at the Shanghai Airport. As a result, the intended cargo was unable to get to the plane before its required takeoff time.”