# FAA says Trump’s Marine One briefly flew too close to passenger jet

https://mins.news/en/item/14642

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-06 00:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/6/faa-says-trumps-marine-one-briefly-flew-too-close-to-passenger-jet?traffic_source=rss

> The Federal Aviation Administration says Marine One, carrying Trump, briefly flew too close to a passenger aircraft. Sources say air traffic controllers failed to halt commercial flights while the helicopter was departing. The account points to a lapse in coordinating the presidential helicopter’s departure with scheduled passenger traffic. No further details about the encounter are provided in the report.

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