The US government must accept a luxury plane from the royal family in Qatar, which will be adapted and used as a presidential plane during President Donald Trump’s term, they were told CNN Two people are familiar with the agreement.
The news arrives a day before Trump’s independence on his first major trip, which includes a stop in Doha, Qatar.
Given the enormous value of Boeing 747-8, the scale is unprecedented and ethical and legal questions.
The Qatar Authority stated that the plane is being donated technically by the Ministry of Defense in Qatar to the Pentagon, and described it as a treatment between governments more than personal treatment.
The Ministry of Defense will then adapt the plane to use the president, with security resources and amendments.
The plan is to donate the plane to the Trump Presidential Library after leaving his position, ensuring that he can continue to use it, according to a person familiar with this topic.
Anari, the press position in Qatar in the United States, said: “The reports that Qatar plane is presented by Qatar to the US government during the upcoming President Trump’s visit,” said Anari, the press position in Qatar in the United States.
He added: “The potential transport of the plane is transferred for temporary use, such as Air Force One (the US Presidency plane) between the Ministry of Defense in Qatar and the US Department of Defense, but the matter is still under analysis by the relevant legal departments and no decision has been taken.”
ABC News was the first to inform the possibility of delivering new aircraft.
Fonte says: “The nightmare of security.”
In the American Secret Service, the potential donation of the plane is seen by a foreign government for presidential use as a “nightmare”, a source said CNN.
The source said: “The (US Air Force) will have to dismantle it in search of surveillance equipment and check the safety of the plane.”
Trump and consultants visited the plane earlier this year in Palm Beach, Florida, and is expected to be operated within two years, and a source has indicated to CNN.
After this visit, Trump boasted about the people around him over the luxury of the plane.
“President Trump is visiting the new Boeing plane to verify new devices/technology,” White House Communications Director Stephen Cheung commented in a statement at the time.
Problems with Boeing Air
Boeing works to renew two of 747 aircraft to turn them into a modern presidential plane, but the operation was harmed by the delay.
The plane was to be delivered by 2022 and now it should not arrive before 2027.
Cheung argued earlier this year that Trump’s visit to the plane over Palm Beach “highlights the failure of the project to introduce a new air force at the promised time, as it is 5 years late.”
Boeing’s contract of $ 3.9 billion to replace US presidential aircraft, known as Air Force (Air Force), has become an expensive and embarrassing burden.
The company has reported a total of $ 2.5 billion with the program, known as the VC-25B, because it agreed to be responsible for what has become a high cost increase.
The two aircraft were currently used, which had words from Code VC-23A and took the standard air force when the president was on board, in service for nearly 35 years, for the duration of President George E. Bush.
The replacement of aircraft was a priority for Trump, which is very disappointed.
“I am not satisfied with the fact that I have been a long time. There is no excuse for that,” Trump told reporters at the Air Force in February.
He said he would not use the European Boeing competitor, Airbus, but he is considering buying 747 used and employing another company to repair and use it as the first air forces.
Challenge to convert the plane into a presidential plane
Richard Apollia, aerobic consultant, said the challenge is not the basic aircraft, but what is required to convert Boeing 747 joint into a driver and communications function. CNN.
They should be able to protect their passengers from missile attacks or even shock waves of the nuclear explosion.
“You can get a plane at any time, but it requires a lot of work to get encrypted communications and management of the armed forces and the federal government from anywhere in the world, under any circumstances,” he said.
*Petsey Klein, Kylie Atwood, Chris Esidor E Josh Campbell, Da CNN, He contributed to this report