The private plane that was carrying Republican Vice presidential candidate JD Vance to Cincinnati, Ohio, after a rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was forced to make an emergency landing. The aircraft is a Boeing 737, belonging to Trump Force Two and operated by Eastern Air.
Spokesperson for the Trump-Vance campaign Taylor Van Kirk confirmed the accident to Newsweek, explaining that “the pilot advised there was a malfunction with the door seal.” So, the flight crew announced an emergency and the airplane, which had just taken off, was forced to return at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. “As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati,” the spokesperson said.
Airport officials told ABC News that the airplane landed around 1:30 p.m. At 2:15 p.m., authorities allowed the takeoff for the second time, and about 20 minutes later it took off again without registering any other problems on the rest of the trip.
JD Vance was in Milwaukee to give a speech to the city’s Police Association and returned to his home in Cincinnati.
Only a week ago, former President Trump made another emergency landing in Billings, Montana, due to a “plumbing leak.”
