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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Stephanie Cruz

Lights Out: Trump's Air Force One Forced Into Emergency U-Turn Amid Mid-Air Electrical Failure

Thirty minutes into Tuesday night's transatlantic crossing, the lights went out in the press cabin of Air Force One. Then the plane turned around.

President Donald Trump was somewhere over the Atlantic, bound for the World Economic Forum in Davos, when crew members spotted what the White House would later describe as a 'minor electrical issue'. They banked hard and headed back to Maryland. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters the call was made 'out of an abundance of caution', CBS News reported.

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