An air safety incident involving Donald Trump's Marine One helicopter and a passenger jet over Washington DC is currently under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when Marine One lifted off from the White House with the president on board.
Air traffic controllers are believed to have mistakenly failed to halt commercial flights at Ronald Reagan national airport in northern Virginia. This led to a "loss of separation" incident where Marine One and a recently departed passenger jet, Envoy Air flight 3742, came closer than regulations allow.
The FAA has stated it is investigating the incident but noted it did not appear to be a dangerous close call and the aircraft were not apparently converging. The aircraft involved were an Embraer E170 jet operated by Envoy Air, a subsidiary of American Airlines, and Marine One, which was taking Trump to Joint Base Andrews.
A third aircraft, Republic 4700, was ordered to fly around before landing at Reagan national. Both Marine One and the Envoy jet continued their journeys without further incident.