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Trump's Marine One helicopter has trouble communicating with air traffic control for second time this month
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- President Trump's helicopter, Marine One, experienced communication issues with air traffic controllers for the second time this month during a takeoff in Washington, D.C., requiring intervention from another pilot.
- The incident occurred about an hour after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released details about a similar event on August 4, when Marine One's initial radio calls were not received or were unreadable.
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) previously attributed the communication problems to infrastructure interference near the White House, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated a fix had been implemented.
- Despite assurances that the issue was resolved, the communication failure recurred on Thursday, though contact was eventually established before takeoff.
- The FAA did not publicly comment on the recurrence of the radio issues in its statement following the latest incident.
