White House says Trump returning to airport, switching planes after ‘minor electrical issue’ on Air Force 1

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to change aircraft after crew on his Air Force One identified “a minor electrical issue” on the aircraft shortly after taking off to fly to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, the White House says.

The trip will continue on a new aircraft, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says.

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