The aircraft carrying Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was pressured to make an emergency touchdown Tuesday night time after departing Washington, DC, resulting from an onboard harm.The plane, a Royal Australian Air Power KC-30A, safely diverted and landed at St Louis Lambert Worldwide Airport in Missouri, a defence spokesperson confirmed to Fox Information. “Our highest precedence is offering assist to the injured member and request that their privateness be revered,” the assertion stated.Officers informed native FOX 2 {that a} crew member was struck within the head by baggage, believed to have fallen from an overhead bin. The person reportedly suffered a concussion and was taken to the hospital.Albanese’s aircraft had left Joint Base Andrews at 5.15 pm, with the emergency touchdown occurring round 7.45 pm, FOX 2 reported.The prime minister had been in Washington for a high-profile go to, the place he and US President Donald Trump signed a important minerals deal. The $8.5 billion settlement goals to strengthen US-Australia cooperation in rare-earth assets amid China’s tighter export guidelines.“In a few yr from now we’ll have a lot important mineral and uncommon earth that you just gained’t know what to do with them,” Trump stated, including, “They’ll be value $2.”Albanese described the settlement as a significant step ahead, saying it takes the US-Australia relationship “to the subsequent degree.”
