The former US president Donald Trump’s private Boeing 757 clipped another corporate jet while taxiing at West Palm Beach International Airport in the US state of Florida. The incident happened on Sunday but a person familiar with the developments told news media outlet Reuters about it on Tuesday.
The US Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that a privately owned 757 contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet at the airport located in the southern part of the state. The agency, however, chose not to identify the plane and did not confirm if it belonged to Trump.
The FAA said it is probing the incident and added that the incident occurred in an area of the airport where the FAA does not direct aircraft. On Saturday, Trump held a rally in Wildwood, New Jersey and the incident occurred in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Trump’s 757 is a staple of airport presidential campaign rallies and at one rally in Ohio in March a voice announced: “Trump Force One, you are cleared for landing.”
Trump purchased his $100 million Boeing 757 in 2010 and the heavily customised plane includes gold plated accents, two private guestrooms, three bathrooms, dining and conference areas and an extensive entertainment system. The plane was built in 1991.
Trump in January urged Boeing to resume building the 757, which it discontinued in 2004. “Boeing should bring back the 757, the most beautiful, best-handling plane (from the pilots standpoint!) that Boeing ever made,” he said on social media.
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