Plane carrying Trump made emergency landing
FILE - President Donald Trump talks to reporters aboard Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, U.S., May 13, 2017.
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A plane carrying former U.S. President Donald
Trump made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Saturday evening after
experiencing engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, a source familiar with the
matter confirmed on Wednesday.
The plane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone
about 75 miles from a New Orleans airport before turning back to the city, the
person said. Other passengers included Secret Service agents, support staff and
some of Trump's advisers.
A Trump representative did not immediately
return a request for comment on the incident.
The plane was returning Trump to his home in
Palm Beach, Florida, from a New Orleans hotel where he was speaking to
Republican Party donors at a private event, the person said.
The plane belonged to a donor who loaned it
to the former president for the evening, the source said, and Trump advisers
secured another donor's plane to take him back to Florida.
The incident was first reported on Wednesday
by Politico and the Washington Post.
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