At the end of his visit to Japan, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was forced to cross the North Pole on his way back.
The Chancellor’s plane was forced to make a long detour to avoid entering Chinese and Russian airspace. Because of this, the flight increased by an hour and a half.
To avoid flying in Russian airspace, Olaf Scholz’s plane was forced to return to Germany via the North Pole, foreign media reported citing the DPA agency.
Having taken to the skies in Japan, the German Chancellor’s plane was forced to first head for Alaska to fly to Germany.
Then he crossed the Arctic Ocean, reached Finnish airspace and only then ended up in Germany.
To fly around the Chinese and Russian skies, Chancellor Scholz had to spend an hour and a half more in the air.
It is also reported that flights over the North Pole are a rare exception. Pilots are forced to use this corridor in extreme cases.
The path to Japan was also not easy for Olaf Scholz; he also had to fly around Russia in the airspace of a number of countries.
