13 May 2019, North Rhine-Westphalia, Dortmund: Chancellor Angelika Merkel (CDU, r) walks at Dortmund airport. After an appointment in Wuppertal, the Chancellor was supposed to fly on with the government plane. However, a ground vehicle had damaged the parked aircraft. The CDU politician had not been on board, a spokesperson for the air force said. It was brought back to Berlin by the German Armed Forces air force with another aircraft. The vehicle touched the standing "Global 5000", it was said in an air force tweet. Photo: Stephan Schutze/dpa