Reuters
• David Shepardson
The FAA is investigating a safety incident in Washington involving Marine One, the military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, and another aircraft. The helicopter reportedly came closer than permitted to a commercial flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport before commercial operations were halted.
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The FAA is investigating a safety incident in Washington involving Marine One, the military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, and another aircraft. The helicopter reportedly came closer than permitted to a commercial flight near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport before commercial operations were halted.
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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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