Plane carrying Donald Trump made emergency landing after engine failure
- The plane experienced engine trouble over the Gulf of Mexico and the pilot decided to return to New Orleans
- Trump was flying from New Orleans to Palm Beach in Florida after delivering a speech to Republican Party donors
A plane carrying Donald Trump back to his Florida home made an emergency landing in New Orleans when one of its engines failed.
The Washington Post reported that the Dassault Falcon 900 flew about 120km (75 miles) after departing New Orleans Lakefront Airport and was over the Gulf of Mexico when the trouble occurred on Saturday. Trump had recently finished speaking to Republican donors at a private event at the Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans.
The details of the emergency landing, also by Politico, were confirmed on Wednesday by a person familiar with the incident who was not authorised to speak publicly about it and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The plane reached an altitude of nearly 30,000 feet when it was turned around and flown back to the Big Easy safely. Also aboard were Secret Service members and Trump staffers, The Washington Post reported. No injuries were reported.
The Dassault Falcon is operated by a two-person crew and holds nearly 20 passengers. The flight carrying Trump’s team reportedly originated in Texas. That plane’s owner was an unidentified private donor, the newspaper said.
