Reuters: Missile threat led to Trump flight change
Sources told Reuters that a real threat involving a shoulder-fired missile targeted the U.S. presidential aircraft (Air Force One) during a flight to Turkey last month, prompting the Secret Service to secretly transfer President Donald Trump onto a small, unmarked plane away from the official aircraft to ensure his safety. This measure was taken out of concern that the intended target of the threat was to attack the large plane, given the tensions with Iran. The operation was conducted secretly and involved sudden changes in the flight path, with Trump departing Ankara covertly aboard an alternative plane. U.S. officials were worried that Iran might discover his whereabouts in Turkey. This followed a Washington Post report confirming that the threat was genuine and that the alternative plane was more vulnerable to attack than the official one.
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