It has come to light that the wing of the Boeing jet owned by former President Donald Trump hit a parked plane at a Florida airport following its landing safely and taxiing early Sunday morning as the Federal Aviation Administration stated on Tuesday via CNBC.
Well, it is unknown whether Trump, who had held a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday, was on his Boeing 757 when its winglet struck the rear elevator of a parked VistaJet in West Palm Beach. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported in the collision. A winglet is a short fin that projects upward from the wing of an aircraft. They are used to reduce aerodynamic drag.
The FAA notice about the incident, which occurred at 1:19 a.m. ET on Sunday, noted the tail number of Trump’s aircraft, N757AF. In a statement, the FAA revealed, “A privately owned Boeing 757 landed safely at West Palm Beach International Airport around 1:20 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 12.”
“While taxiing, its winglet contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet,” the FAA said. “The incident occurred in an area of the airport where the FAA does not direct aircraft. The FAA is investigating.”
Trump maintains a residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee, is currently on trial in New York state court on criminal hush money charges. He has pleaded not guilty in the case, where he is charged with falsifying business records.
