Jet Carrying US Vice Presidential Candidate Makes Emergency Landing
A faulty seal led to the grounding of J.D. Vance’s Boeing 737, which had to return to Milwaukee shortly after takeoff on Saturday. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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A Boeing 737-800 carrying J.D. Vance, the running mate of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, experienced a mid-air malfunction that necessitated an emergency landing in Wisconsin on Saturday. This incident occurred just a week after Trump’s own aircraft faced a mechanical issue that led to a diversion.
Following a campaign event in Milwaukee on Saturday morning, Vance boarded the charter jet known as 'Trump Force Two' and departed for Ohio. However, shortly after takeoff, the pilot declared an emergency, prompting a return to Milwaukee, where ground crews and firefighters conducted an inspection of the aircraft.
“The pilot advised there was a malfunction with the door seal. As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati,” stated Taylor Van Kirk, Vance’s spokesman. The incident resulted in an approximately one-hour delay for the flight.
Earlier this month, a separate incident involving 'Trump Force One', a Boeing 757-200 owned by Trump’s company, occurred as the plane was diverted en route to a rally in Montana due to mechanical issues. The aircraft, intended for Bozeman, which was hosting a campaign rally for Trump, made an emergency landing in Billings. The distance between the two Montana cities is about 140 miles (225km).
Airport officials in Billings cited unspecified “mechanical issues” as the reason for the diversion, while Trump failed to address the incident in a video message he released on social media shortly afterward. He later continued his journey to Bozeman on a small private jet.
Vance’s emergency landing adds to a troubling trend of safety incidents involving Boeing aircraft. This comes five years after two 737 MAX 8 crashes, linked to a faulty stability system, resulted in the loss of 346 lives. The company made headlines again in January when a 737 MAX 9 aircraft experienced a blowout of a door panel during flight.
In light of ongoing concerns regarding potentially dangerous flaws in Boeing aircraft, the company agreed in July to pay a $243.6 million fine and pleaded guilty to fraud for efforts to conceal issues related to the stability system that contributed to the 2018 and 2019 crashes.
Max Fischer contributed to this report for TROIB News
Following a campaign event in Milwaukee on Saturday morning, Vance boarded the charter jet known as 'Trump Force Two' and departed for Ohio. However, shortly after takeoff, the pilot declared an emergency, prompting a return to Milwaukee, where ground crews and firefighters conducted an inspection of the aircraft.
“The pilot advised there was a malfunction with the door seal. As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati,” stated Taylor Van Kirk, Vance’s spokesman. The incident resulted in an approximately one-hour delay for the flight.
Earlier this month, a separate incident involving 'Trump Force One', a Boeing 757-200 owned by Trump’s company, occurred as the plane was diverted en route to a rally in Montana due to mechanical issues. The aircraft, intended for Bozeman, which was hosting a campaign rally for Trump, made an emergency landing in Billings. The distance between the two Montana cities is about 140 miles (225km).
Airport officials in Billings cited unspecified “mechanical issues” as the reason for the diversion, while Trump failed to address the incident in a video message he released on social media shortly afterward. He later continued his journey to Bozeman on a small private jet.
Vance’s emergency landing adds to a troubling trend of safety incidents involving Boeing aircraft. This comes five years after two 737 MAX 8 crashes, linked to a faulty stability system, resulted in the loss of 346 lives. The company made headlines again in January when a 737 MAX 9 aircraft experienced a blowout of a door panel during flight.
In light of ongoing concerns regarding potentially dangerous flaws in Boeing aircraft, the company agreed in July to pay a $243.6 million fine and pleaded guilty to fraud for efforts to conceal issues related to the stability system that contributed to the 2018 and 2019 crashes.
Max Fischer contributed to this report for TROIB News
