En route pour le Sommet de Davos, pourquoi l'avion de Trump a fait demi tour
US President Donald Trump's Air Force One was forced to turn back Tuesday night due to a "minor electrical problem" shortly after departing for Davos, the White House announced.
Having departed at 9:34 PM (2:34 AM GMT) from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, Air Force One landed there again at 11:07 PM after diverting "as a precautionary measure," according to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.
According to journalists on board the aircraft, the lights inside the cabin briefly went out a few moments after takeoff.
Donald Trump and his entourage must change planes to travel to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps, where the president is expected to discuss Greenland with European leaders.
Mr. Trump has regularly expressed his displeasure with Air Force One, a generic term for the two aging Boeing 747-200Bs in the presidential fleet, which entered service in the early 1990s under George HW Bush.
Faced with the delayed delivery of the two Boeing 747-8s ordered to replace them, Mr. Trump said last year that he was "looking for an alternative" to the American aircraft manufacturer.
Mr. Trump was offered a Boeing 747-8 by Qatar for the presidential fleet, but the aircraft has not yet entered service and this gift has raised serious concerns about both integrity and safety.
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