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Qatari-gifted Air Force One deploys inflatable slide before departing for GOP convention in Texas
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An emergency inflatable slide on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One was deployed at Joint Base Andrews before President Trump departed for the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump departed Washington for Texas on Wednesday aboard the Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar after an emergency slide was accidentally deployed and was removed.
A inflated emergency slide on the Qatar-donated Air Force One prompted questions as President Donald Trump prepared to travel to Texas, with officials saying it was part of a safety check rather than an emergency.
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump departed Washington for Texas on Wednesday aboard the Air Force One plane gifted by Qatar after an emergency slide deployed and was removed. The evacuation slide appeared to have accidentally activated shortly before Trump was due to board f…
Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday boarded the Qatar-gifted Air Force One en route to Texas after saying that an emergency slide that had deployed on one side of the aircraft was being checked.
Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters the inflatable slide on the Qatar-gifted Air Force One was being checked and it would take about 15 minutes. Trump added that he was sure that it was safe to fly on the jet and shortly afterwards boarded the aircraft.
President Donald Trump’s lavish, Qatari-donated presidential jet appeared to have a problem Wednesday afternoon before a planned flight to Dallas. Its emergency slide was inflated on the tarmac. Video from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland showed the slide extending from a front door on the aircraft’s …
President Trump’s departure to the Republican midterm convention was delayed as his Qatari-gifted jet was dealing with a problem with its emergency slide, raising concern about the cause of the delay.
By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — An apparent issue with a new presidential aircraft delayed President Donald Trump’s departure for his GOP convention in Dallas on Wednesday, after an emergency slide deployed on the far side of the plane.
President Donald Trump said the Qatar-gifted Air Force One jet was “safe to fly” Wednesday after reporters spotted an emergency slide deployed from the aircraft shortly before his departure from Joint Base Andrews.
President Donald Trump’s departure for his midterm convention in Dallas was delayed by an unexpected culprit: the emergency slide on the Qatari-gifted jet used as Air Force One.
An emergency inflatable slide on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One was deployed at Joint Base Andrews before President Trump departed for the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday.
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — President Donald Trump had been eagerly awaiting his trip to Texas for Republicans’ unusual midterm convention. But his new Air Force One had other ideas, at least for a short time.
A military aide accidentally deployed an inflatable emergency slide on the new Air Force One, delaying President Trump as he prepared to depart for Dallas, according to The New York Times. The incident happened Wednesday as Trump prepared to leave Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
U.S. Air Force One crew members look at an inflatable slide after it deployed on Air Force One before President Donald Trump arrived to board at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026.
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