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• David Shepardson
The FAA is investigating a loss-of-separation incident near Washington’s Reagan National Airport after Marine One, carrying President Donald Trump, departed the White House and came briefly too close to a commercial aircraft. Officials said Trump was not in danger, while air traffic control failed to halt commercial traffic.
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The FAA is investigating a loss-of-separation incident near Washington’s Reagan National Airport after Marine One, carrying President Donald Trump, departed the White House and came briefly too close to a commercial aircraft. Officials said Trump was not in danger, while air traffic control failed to halt commercial traffic.
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The FAA is investigating an air-traffic safety incident involving President Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The helicopter departed the White House while commercial flights were operating at the airport, apparently without the required halt to traffic, prompting an aviation-authority review.
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