Scholz flew over the North Pole to bypass Russia/Evropeyskaya Pravda
On April 29, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was forced to return from Japan not directly, but to make a detour through the North Pole. All these maneuvers in order not to end up in Russian airspace.
As the media write, the German chancellor flew “a good 13 hours.” It is noteworthy that Scholz's flight time took longer than his entire visit to Japan.
In Japan, the German chancellor arrived at 20 hours, and the travel time was a little more than 26 hours (travel time in both directions).< /p>
Why Scholz flew around Russia
Usually, a flight from Japan to Germany takes place along a direct route, through China and mainly through Russia, but given the decision of European countries to avoid Russian airspace that attacked Ukraine (the sky is dangerous here because of the war), the route was changed.
In Tokyo, an Airbus A350 with Scholz flew through Poland, Romania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China. Back to Berlin, the chancellor went through the American state of Alaska, flew over the Arctic Ocean and arrived in Germany through Finland.
As the pilot commented on the flight
The pilot, who flew the government aircraft, named flying fascinating .
It's fascinating. It's something you don't do very often,” said Captain Michael Weierer.
According to Weerer, this was his second flight over the North Pole. The first was in 2013 a flight from Laos to the American city of New York with the then German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.
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