Secret flight, ferried on catering truck: How Trump thwarted ‘Iranian’ assassination threat last month
Trump switched planes twice, taking a third smaller jet instead. He was ferried out of the second aircraft, an older Boeing 747, in a catering container.
US President Donald Trump faced an alleged assassination threat during his trip to Turkey, leading him to secretly swap his aircraft. Initially, Trump was set to fly on a Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8, but a newer report revealed he switched to a smaller C-32A aircraft, which ferried him out of the older Boeing 747. The catering truck, which carried Trump, was lowered from the larger jet minutes after his arrival in Ankara.
The catering vehicle can be seen approaching the smaller C-32A aircraft in a video. Trump was then moved to the newly retrofitted Air Force One, a gift from Qatar. This aircraft switch has raised questions about the security features of the Qatar-gifted jet, which reportedly lacks anti-missile defenses. The White House defends the safety of the newer aircraft, calling it state-of-the-art and equipped with high-level security protocols.
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