According to multiple reports, a plane carrying Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) made an emergency landing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after the pilot reported a door malfunction.
After taking off, Trump Force Two was reportedly “operated by Eastern Airlines” and landed in Milwaukee around 1:30 p.m., airport officials said. Confirmed WISNABC.
A spokesman for Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, confirmed that the pilot “advised” there was a “fault with the door seal.”
“The pilot reported a door seal malfunction,” Vance’s spokesman, Taylor Van Kirk, said in a statement. “Once the issue was resolved, the aircraft returned to its originally scheduled flight path to Cincinnati.”
The media outlet reported that Vance’s plane took off from Milwaukee at about 2:15 p.m.
The J.D. Vance plane was making a second departure from Milwaukee to Cincinnati after returning due to “a possible aircraft issue,” according to an airport spokesman. The airport said the plane taxied out “under its own power” without incident. pic.twitter.com/bhPN6juTQ2
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The emergency landing of Trump Force Two came a week after former President Donald Trump’s plane was diverted to Billings, Montana, for reported mechanical problems. Trump had been scheduled to land in Bozeman ahead of a rally that day.
