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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe and agencies

FAA investigates air ‘safety incident’ involving Trump’s helicopter

Helicopter flying in sky over grassy lawn with a building, trees and another helicopter in the background
Marine One carrying Donald Trump departs from the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Eric Lee/Reuters

An air “safety incident” in which Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter came closer than permitted to another aircraft over Washington DC is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Air traffic controllers are believed to have mistakenly failed to halt commercial flights at Ronald Reagan National airport in northern Virginia on Tuesday afternoon when the military helicopter took off from the White House with the president on board.

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