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Melania Trump’s plane turns back after smoke incident
WASHINGTON, Oct 17, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A plane carrying US First Lady Melania Trump was forced to turn back Wednesday after smoke appeared in the cabin, journalists on the flight said.
She was on her way from Washington to Philadelphia when there was “a
minor mechanical issue,” according to her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham.
“Everything is fine and everyone is safe,” Grisham said in a statement.
The airplane returned to Joint Base Andrews, an air force facility used
by the White House outside Washington, DC.
CNN and other US networks said that reporters aboard the plane noticed
smoke in the cabin and were told to hold wet towels over their faces if it
got worse.
The smoke dissipated and the aircraft returned without further incident.
Trump was on her way to visit a Philadelphia hospital specializing in
treatment of mothers with opioid use disorders and babies born with
addictions to drugs they were exposed to while still in the womb.
BSS/AFP/RY/20:12 hrs