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The details of the emergency landing, first reported by Politico, were confirmed on Wednesday by a person familiar with the incident who was not authorized to speak publicly about it and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The engine failure occurred shortly before 11 pm Saturday as the former president was travelling on a donor’s private plane from a Republican National Committee donor retreat in New Orleans back to his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. One of the plane’s engines failed roughly 120 kilometers after leaving New Orleans Lakefront Airport, according to the person familiar with the incident.
Trump was travelling with advisers, a Secret Service detail and support staff. A Trump spokesperson confirmed there was an emergency landing but declined to comment further.
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