Maggie Haberman
It was military personnel who deployed it accidentally, per two people briefed on what happened. @tylerpager me
Maggie Haberman
Someone accidentally deployed the emergency inflatable slide on the Qatari “bright” plane, briefly delaying Trump’s takeoff for Texas. @tylerpager me https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/us/politics/emergency-slide-air-force-one-trump.html