Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is stranded in India after his airplane skilled technical difficulties.

The Canadian army is working to deliver Mr Trudeau residence however his earliest attainable departure is Tuesday afternoon, his workplace mentioned.

Mr Trudeau was set to go away on Sunday, following a tense assembly with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on the G20 summit.

The flight state of affairs “remains fluid”, his workplace mentioned.

In an announcement despatched to the BBC, Canada’s Department of National Defence confirmed that the primary plane – a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CC-150 Polaris with the tail quantity ’01’ – suffered a “maintenance problem” stemming from a “component that will have to be replaced”.

“The safety of all passengers is critical to the RCAF and pre-flight safety checks are a regular part of all our flight protocols,” the assertion added. “The discovery of this issue is evidence that these protocols are effective”.

A alternative plane dispatched to India to retrieve Mr Trudeau was reportedly diverted to the UK, and is anticipated to depart from there on Tuesday.

While the defence division’s assertion confirmed a second plane had been dispatched to deliver Mr Trudeau residence, it didn’t touch upon the situation of the plane or on anticipated timelines for his return to Canada.

The incident will not be the primary time that Mr Trudeau has had plane-related journey points.

In 2019, a airplane carrying journalists collided with the wing of an plane chartered to move him on the marketing campaign path. He was not onboard the plane on the time.

The relationship between Canada and India is rising more and more strained, with Canada lately suspending negotiations on a commerce treaty with India.

Political protests by Canada’s giant Sikh inhabitants are a flashpoint.

A distinguished advocate for a separate Sikh nation, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot useless by two masked gunmen in British Columbia in June. Sikh separatists took to the streets of Toronto to protest the Indian authorities, which they consider is answerable for his demise. The killing remains to be underneath investigation.

In the assembly with Mr Trudeau, Mr Modi aired considerations about “continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada”, who he mentioned have been selling secessionism and inciting violence, in response to his workplace.

Meanwhile, Mr Trudeau’s staff mentioned the prime minister had “raised the importance of respecting the rule of law, democratic principles, and national sovereignty”.

Mr Trudeau later instructed a press convention he had additionally mentioned international interference with Mr Modi. Canada is together with India in its sweeping investigation into election interference, which can be trying into China and Russia.