A helicopter carrying Trump nearly collided with a passenger plane in the skies over the U.S.

The Marine One military helicopter, carrying U.S. President Donald Trump, came dangerously close to a civilian airliner over Washington. Preliminary reports suggest that the incident may have been caused by communication problems between the helicopter crew and air traffic controllers.

The U.S. aviation regulator is currently investigating the incident. Experts are determining all the circumstances of the incident and examining why the two aircraft came within a dangerous distance of each other.

The incident occurred on August 4 shortly after 2:30 p.m., as Trump was traveling from the White House to Joint Base Andrews, from where he was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles.

According to the publication, the crew of the presidential helicopter attempted three times to notify air traffic controllers that they were ready for takeoff three minutes before departure. However, these messages were likely not heard, causing Marine One to continue on its path and end up in the flight path of an Envoy Air passenger plane.

According to preliminary findings by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), at the point of closest approach, the distance between the aircraft was approximately 0.8 miles horizontally and 700 feet vertically. As noted by The New York Times, this is less than the safety parameters established by aviation regulations. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is currently investigating the circumstances of the incident.

This was reported with reference to The New York Times.

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