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The State Department says the Air Force is sending a replacement plane to Switzerland to bring Secretary of State Antony Blinken home Wednesday after the aircraft he was traveling in was unable to take off due to a \u2018mechanical issue.\u2019<\/p>\n

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the incident happened after Blinken left Davos, where he was attending the World Economic Forum\u2019s annual meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018There\u2019s a mechanical issue. I don\u2019t know the nature of the mechanical issue, but he is in Zurich. He was scheduled to fly back from Zurich,\u2019 Miller said. \u2018The Air Force has a replacement plane inbound. We expect him to be back still tonight. But several hours later than originally planned.\u2019<\/p>\n

According to Bloomberg, the aircraft, a modified Boeing 737, suffered a critical error after an oxygen leak was detected and it was not immediately fixable. The aircraft was subsequently deemed unsafe to fly.<\/p>\n

The update came hours after Blinken spoke during a Davos panel, where he called for stability in the Middle East and said the region was at \u2018an inflection point\u2019 that requires hard decisions. He also projected confidence that a resolution could be made to end the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re in the midst of what is human tragedy in so many ways in the Middle East right now \u2014 for the Israelis and Palestinians alike,\u2019 Blinken said.<\/p>\n

During his remarks, he reiterated the need for a \u2018pathway to a Palestinian state\u2019 and said Israel would not \u2018get genuine security absent that.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The problem is getting from here to there, and of course, it requires very difficult, challenging decisions. It requires a mindset that is open to that perspective,\u2019 Blinken said.<\/p>\n

Blinken said Israelis would need to decide on their leadership and direction, saying it\u2019s up to them whether the country can \u2018seize the opportunity that we believe is there.\u2019<\/p>\n

Prior to the Davos trip, Blinken spent a weeklong trip to the Middle East aimed at calming tensions across the region.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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