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Air Force Two carrying Mike Pence forced to emergency land

Vice president and staff now returning home on cargo plane

Graeme Massie
Los Angeles
Wednesday 23 September 2020 01:18 BST
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Mike Pence would narrowly pose a bigger threat to Joe Biden than Donald Trump, a new poll finds.
Mike Pence would narrowly pose a bigger threat to Joe Biden than Donald Trump, a new poll finds. (Getty Images)

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Air Force Two with Mike Pence onboard was forced to make an emergency landing after a suspected bird strike.

The plane carrying  the vice president was forced to return to a New Hampshire airport shortly after taking off for Washington D.C.

The vice president was leaving the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport when the jet hit a bird, according to CNN.

Pence was not hurt.

The vice president and his staff will now reportedly return to Washington D.C on a cargo plane.

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