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plane, a Dassault Falcon 900, had gone about 75 miles (120 km)
from a New Orleans airport before turning back to the city, the
person said. Other passengers included Secret Service agents,
support staff and some of Trump's advisers.
A Trump representative did not immediately return a request for
comment on the incident.
The Federal Aviation Administration referred questions to the
U.S. Secret Service, which said "as a matter of practice the
Secret Service does not discuss our protectees."
The plane was returning Trump to his home in Palm Beach,
Florida, from a New Orleans hotel where he was speaking to
Republican Party donors at a private event, the person said.
The plane belonged to a donor who loaned it to the former
president for the evening, the source said, and Trump advisers
secured another donor's plane to take him back to Florida.
The incident was first reported on Wednesday by Politico and the
Washington Post.
(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; additional reporting by David
Shepardson; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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