Flight attendants usually hand out small packets of M&M’s chocolates with the presidential seal as gifts.
The White House has warned journalists traveling with the US president to stop stealing luggage from the special plane. From Air Force One, pillows with the presidential seal to glasses and fancy plates are frequently stolen. The White House Correspondents’ Association warned its members in an email that items are prohibited from being taken off the plane. . The association issued a stern warning to the members saying that it is not that the items stolen as souvenirs from the press cabin of the US President’s special plane Air Force One have not gone unnoticed. The statement said they should stop stealing from Air Force One.
The matter came to the fore when an Air Force phone inventory was checked after US President Joe Biden’s visit to the US West Coast in February, and it was found that several items were missing from his press section.
According to the French news agency AFP, Washington-based magazine Politico wrote about this revelation, “For years, dozens of journalists and others have quietly collected everything from glass to plates and other items with the presidential seal engraved on them.” Before taking off from the Air Force, he used to keep it in his bag very quietly.”
Banquet In Stolen Plates
According to Politico, the interesting thing is that when the journalists got off the plane with their bags, the sounds of glassware crashing also came from the bags. But it came to an end when a former White House correspondent for a leading newspaper organized a dinner party for his colleagues, and all the plates on which the food was served were stamped with Air Force One. was done According to Politico, “these gold-engraved plates were stolen over the years.”
The report added that at least one journalist had the courage to return an inflatable pillow he had stolen to a White House official amid criticism from the Correspondents’ Association. When the US President travels in his special plane Air Force One, there are usually 13 journalists with him. whose seats are in the rear of the plane. Flight attendants usually hand out small packets of M&M’s chocolates with the presidential seal as gifts.