POLITICS
Trump plane made emergency landing after weekend
speech to GOP donors
The plane was in the air between 20 and 30 minutes
before one of the engines failed.
By ALEX
ISENSTADT
03/09/2022
02:08 PM EST
Updated:
03/09/2022 03:35 PM EST
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/09/trump-plane-emergency-landing-00015749
Former
President Donald Trump’s plane made an emergency landing on Saturday evening
following his speech at a Republican National Committee-hosted donor retreat in
New Orleans, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The plane
was in the air for between 20 and 30 minutes before one of the engines failed
and the pilot of the private plane decided to turn around and return to the New
Orleans airport, one of the sources said. The plane was en route to Palm Beach,
Fla., where Trump resides at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Audio of
the communications between the pilot and the air traffic control tower revealed
that the landing was described as “emergency in nature,” according to the
source, who had been briefed on the recording. However, another person familiar
with the recording disputed that the word “emergency” was used.
Once the
plane was on the ground, the RNC scrambled and reached out to a donor and found
the former president another plane. Trump eventually landed in Palm Beach
around 3 a.m. Sunday.
Spokespersons
for Trump and the RNC declined to comment.
Trump
delivered a rambling 90-minute speech before donors Saturday at the Four
Seasons Hotel in New Orleans, where he spoke on a range of topics. According to
a recording of the speech, he jokingly suggested the U.S. “bomb the shit out of
Russia” with planes bearing the Chinese flag; called one of his nemeses in
Congress, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, a “watermelon head;"
and called another critic, attorney George Conway, a “son of a bitch.”
Trump also
said he was “looking … very, very strongly” at the possibility of waging a 2024
comeback bid for the presidency.
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