Overview
- Air Force One landed safely at Joint Base Andrews at about 11:07 p.m. before the president transferred to a replacement aircraft for Switzerland.
- Flight-tracking data showed a U-turn near Montauk shortly after takeoff, and pool reporters noted a brief blackout of lights in the press cabin.
- The White House characterized the problem as minor and provided no further technical details about the electrical issue.
- Two standby aircraft were ready at Andrews, and the president departed shortly after midnight on a different jet, identified by trackers as a C-32A.
- The incident refocused attention on the nearly 40-year-old VC-25A presidential jets and Boeing’s delayed VC-25B replacement program.