Air Force One sits on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews after being forced to return to base. PIC/AFP
President Trump prepares to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews en route to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Journalists onboard experienced a brief blackout before the aircraft turned back. Trump and his entourage will board a new aircraft, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt
The US President continues his journey to Davos on a different plane ensuring that his participation in the high-profile summit
The incident highlights the ageing Air Force One fleet, in operation for nearly four decades from transporting US presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 to evolving into today’s VC-25A aircraft.
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