Former US president Donald Trump’s plane takes off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 3, 2023.
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The wing of the Boeing jet used by former President Donald Trump collided with a parked plane at a Florida airport after safely landing and taxiing early Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday.
It is not known whether Trump, who held a campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jerseyon Saturday, was aboard his Boeing 757 when its winglet hit the rear elevator of a parked VistaJet in West Palm Beach.
No injuries were reported in the collision.
The FAA’s notice of the incident, which occurred at 1:19 a.m. ET on Sunday, gives the tail number of Trump’s aircraft, N757AF.
In a statement, the FAA said, “A privately owned Boeing 757 landed safely at West Palm Beach International Airport around 1:20 am local time on Sunday, May 12.”
“While taxiing, its winglet made contact with a parked and unmanned 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.”
A winglet is a short fin that extends upward from the wing of an aircraft. They are used to reduce aerodynamic drag.
CNBC requested comment from a spokesperson from Trump’s presidential campaign about the incident.
Trump maintains residence at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.
Trump, believed to be the Republican nominee, was tried in New York state court on criminal hush money charges. He pleaded not guilty in the case, in which he was charged with falsifying business records.
On Tuesday, Trump’s defense attorney Todd Blanche began cross-examining Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, who is a key witness in the case.
Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in late 2016 to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump a decade earlier. Cohen testified that he did this at Trump’s direction to prevent Daniels from going public with her story, and damage Trump’s presidential campaign that year.
Trump has both denied having sex with Daniels and any part in the payment. He said the case was politically motivated to hurt his electoral chances.
