Trump Air Force One: US President boards smaller plane to Davos after original flight forced to return due to 'minor electrical issue'
The flight taking Donald Trump to Davos was forced to turn back to Joint Base Andrews after the crew on board Air Force One identified a “minor electrical issue”.
The U.S. president and other passengers are now using two smaller planes to head for the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. This is where Trump will hold critical talks over Greenland’s future with angered European leaders.
It is unclear whether the hours-long delay will impact his busy schedule at Davos for Wednesday. Trump’s Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews around 11.45pm on Tuesday night after it was forced to return to base following a “minor electrical issue”, according to the White House.
Trump has boarded an Air Force C-32, a modified Boeing 757 normally used by the president for domestic trips to smaller airports. He continued on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos shortly after midnight.
Reporters who were travelling with the president to Davos, Switzerland, described seeing a lot of commotion, including several staffers deplaning with their bags. Air safety incidents involving the U.S. president, vice president and other officials are rare, but not unprecedented.
Last February, an Air Force plane carrying secretary of state Marco Rubio to Germany had to return to Washington because of a mechanical issue. In October, a military plane carrying defence secretary Pete Hegseth had to make an emergency landing in the U.K. due to a crack in the windshield.