A radio failure prevented controllers from receiving Marine One’s takeoff warning
US President Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter nearly collided with a passenger jet earlier this month after a radio failure prevented air traffic controllers from receiving its takeoff warning, federal investigators said on Thursday.
The August 4 incident occurred near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as Marine One departed the White House area with Trump aboard. An Envoy Air passenger jet was cleared for takeoff at roughly the same time.
The two aircraft came within about 1.5 km horizontally and just 215 meters vertically of each other, triggering an…
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