PHILADELPHIA
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his entourage were switching to a
different plane for his return trip to Washington on Sunday because of a
minor flap issue with the aircraft, dubbed Air Force One, that flew
them earlier in the day, a spokesman said.
"While in
Philadelphia, we have transferred to a backup airplane due to a minor
mechanical problem with one of the aircraft's flaps," White House
spokesman Eric Schultz said."This switch to a backup C-32 will not affect our schedule."
Any plane that carries the president maintains the name Air Force One.
Obama traveled to Connecticut earlier on Sunday for a
campaign rally before flying to Pennsylvania for another campaign event
ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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