Former President Donald Trump’s aircraft suffered “mechanical points” on Friday, forcing it to make an unscheduled touchdown in Montana, The Submit has discovered.
Trump’s distinctive Boeing 757, nicknamed Trump Drive One, was en path to Bozeman, the place the Republican nominee for president will headline a marketing campaign rally Friday evening, when it was rerouted to Billings, about two hours to the east, at about 4:30 p.m.
“His plane had mechanical points, and he was diverted into the Billings-Logan Airport,” a spokesperson for the airport informed The Submit.
“He’s persevering with to Bozeman on a non-public jet,” they added.
The character of the mechanical points are unclear.
Trump, 78, appeared unfazed by the incident in a video shared on X by his marketing campaign.
“I simply landed in a extremely stunning place, Montana,” he mentioned within the clip, whereas nonetheless aboard his aircraft.
“So stunning flying over, and also you simply look down, and that’s the best way it’s imagined to be,” he added, noting that he has “a really excessive ranking in Montana.”
About an hour and half after touchdown in Billings, New York Occasions photographer Doug Mills captured pictures of Trump strolling off his aircraft and boarding a “smaller” one to proceed on to Bozeman for the rally.
The Secret Service carried out a “full sweep of the airport” earlier than Trump was allowed to get on the brand new plane, native outlet KTVH reported.
The rally in Bozeman will mark Trump’s first out of doors occasion for the reason that July 13 assassination try in Butler, Pa.
Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, who’s working to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, is anticipated to seem alongside Trump on the rally.
The Trump marketing campaign didn’t reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
Supply hyperlink
