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sl8

(14,366 posts)
Tue May 14, 2024, 09:25 PM May 14

Trump's Boeing 757 clipped corporate jet at West Palm Beach airport - source

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wing-trumps-plane-hit-corporate-jet-west-palm-beach-airport-source-says-2024-05-14/

Trump's Boeing 757 clipped corporate jet at West Palm Beach airport - source

By David Shepardson and Alexandra Ulmer
May 14, 2024 9:00 PM EDT Updated 21 min ago

WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's private Boeing 757 clipped another corporate jet while taxiing at West Palm Beach International Airport in Florida on Sunday, a source familiar with the incident said on Tuesday.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that a privately owned 757 contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet at the south Florida airport. The FAA statement did not identify the plane as belonging to Trump.

The incident occurred in an area of the airport where the FAA does not direct aircraft, the agency said, adding that it is investigating.

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Trump held a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday. The incident occurred after the plane landed at the West Palm Beach airport at about 1:20 a.m. on Sunday.

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Trump's Boeing 757 clipped corporate jet at West Palm Beach airport - source (Original Post) sl8 May 14 OP
Was one of Donald's lesser qualified lawyers piloting/taxiing the aircraft? keithbvadu2 May 14 #1
Metaphor? flamingdem May 14 #2
Its his M.O. yonder May 14 #3
I remember that - what a rude pig! Talitha May 14 #5
Perhaps Boeing should take a look at it......yes definitely have Boeing door inspector guy take a look...n/t NowsTheTime May 14 #4
It's still good. Just shake it off in flight. What could go wrong? Hassin Bin Sober May 14 #6
was... myohmy2 May 15 #7
I worked at a marina, and T**mp is that kind of boater. Drum May 15 #8

NowsTheTime

(740 posts)
4. Perhaps Boeing should take a look at it......yes definitely have Boeing door inspector guy take a look...n/t
Tue May 14, 2024, 11:20 PM
May 14

myohmy2

(3,293 posts)
7. was...
Wed May 15, 2024, 12:27 AM
May 15

...king magat on board..?

...was he sober...?

...was he driving...?

...who will he blame...?

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