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Aircraft carrying Vice President Pence makes emergency landing

cde.news desk 23 September 2020, 06:00 · 1 min read

A file photo of Air Force Two seen on the tarmac after US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen, the Second Lady arrived in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 16 November 2018. According to media reports, Air Force Two, carrying US Vice President Mike Pence, was forced to turn around and land at an airport in Manchester, New Hampshire, after hitting a bird upon take off on 22 September 2020. EPA-EFE/BRIAN CASSEY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

Air Force Two, the plane used to fly Vice President Mike Pence, safely landed at a New Hampshire airport on Tuesday after hitting a bird in flight.

The plane was flying Pence back to Washington, DC, after his speech at a Trump campaign rally in Gilford, New Hampshire, when it struck the bird.

The pilots decided to return to the airport from which the plane had just taken off out of an abundance of caution, Devin O’Malley, Pence’s spokesman, said.

US Vice President Mike Pence addresses the crowd at a Trump Pence campaign rally in Gilford, New Hampshire, USA, 22 September 2020. Vice President Pence and President Trump face Democratic challengers former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris in the 03 November 2020 election. EPA-EFE/CJ GUNTHER

After landing, Pence and his staffers used a cargo plane to return to Washington, according to CNN’s travel pool crew.

Notably, this isn’t the first plane-related incident Pence has faced on the campaign trail.

In October 2016, the campaign plane carrying Pence skidded off the runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

Aircraft carrying Vice President Pence makes emergency landing

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