Plane carrying Trump made emergency touchdown over weekend, supply says

A airplane carrying former U.S. President Donald Trump made an emergency touchdown in New Orleans on Saturday night after experiencing an engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico, a supply accustomed to the matter confirmed on Wednesday.

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The airplane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone about 75 miles (120 km) from a New Orleans airport earlier than turning again to the town, the individual mentioned. Other passengers included Secret Service brokers, assist workers and a few of Trump’s advisers.

A Trump consultant didn’t instantly return a request for touch upon the incident.

The Federal Aviation Administration referred inquiries to the U.S. Secret Service, which mentioned “as a matter of practice the Secret Service does not discuss our protectees.”

The airplane was returning Trump to his dwelling in Palm Beach, Florida, from a New Orleans resort the place he was talking to Republican Party donors at a non-public occasion, the individual mentioned.

The airplane belonged to a donor who loaned it to the previous president for the night, the supply mentioned, and Trump advisers secured one other donor’s airplane to take him again to Florida.

The incident was first reported on Wednesday by Politico and the Washington Post.