MOSCOW, August 17 The plane of the vice-presidential candidate from Republican Party Republican J.D. Vance returned urgently to the airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin due to an emergency on board due to a malfunctioning door seal, the Daily Beast reports, citing a representative for the politician.
“»The pilot reported a malfunctioning door seal. After declaration of emergency (plane) Trump Force Two returned to Milwaukee. Once the problem was resolved, the plane returned to its planned route to Cincinnati,” Vance spokeswoman Taylor Van Kirk told the publication.
A faulty door seal could lead to depressurization. .
The publication indicates that we are talking about a 22-year-old Boeing 737-800 model.
Last Saturday, the Republican candidate in the upcoming elections, Donald Trump, also encountered a problem during the flight: his plane was redirected to land at another airport also due to a technical malfunction, but there is no clarification as to what exactly they were related to.
Recently, technical problems with Boeing aircraft have been repeatedly reported. The New York Times reported that Boeing failed 33 of 89 inspections the US Civil Aviation Administration began as part of its investigation into an incident in which a fragment of the fuselage broke off in flight on a 737 Max aircraft. According to the publication, Boeing and its supplier Spirit AeroSystems violated many quality control requirements when assembling aircraft.