The aircraft carrying President Trump landed without incident six minutes after a C-17 Globemaster curiously flew by it as the plane readied to descend into its home base at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
The C-17 was spotted coming from the north and then abruptly veered to the right of Air Force One.
Reporters and photographers aboard were baffled by the C-17, but no indication of concern or the need for emergency action was taken by flight staff, VOA reported.
One passenger included a television technician who has been a frequent flyer on Air Force One since President Jimmy Carter was in office commented that he’d never seen another aircraft in such close proximity to the official White House plane.
No explanation has yet been given as to why the C-17 was granted permission to pass so closely to the president.
Trump was returning from his exclusive resort Mar-a-Lago where he has spent the last four days with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Over the weekend he ordered a controversial missile launch at an air base in Syria in retribution for a devastating chemical attack.
Source: Military plane flies exceedingly close to Air Force One | Daily Mail Online
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