British Columbia

Christy Clark's plane to Paris for climate change conference delayed

Christy Clark's trip to Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference got off to a bit of a bumpy start.

B.C. Premier tweets that de-icing machine 'took a bite' out of plane before takeoff

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark speaks at the opening of the Association for Mineral Exploration BC's mineral roundup in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday January 26, 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

Christy Clark's trip to Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference got off to a bit of a bumpy start.

The B.C. Premier tweeted yesterday morning that the de-icing machine took a bite out of her plane just before takeoff.

Her press secretary Sam Oliphant says she was re-routed and was set to land in Paris shortly after she was originally expected to arrive.

Clark has vowed to promote B.C. as an environmental leader at the global summit, where she'll join other premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.