Netflix Documentary Recounts Trump's Secret Plane Swap in Turkey

A new Netflix documentary premiering on September 4 reconstructs the July 8 incident in which President Donald Trump secretly transferred from Air Force One to a different aircraft in Turkey, leaving the traveling press corps unaware as they flew on a decoy plane. The film, titled "Instadocs: The Decoy Plane," draws on firsthand accounts from journalists who were on the flight.

The operation occurred at Ankara Esenboğa Airport following a NATO summit. Cameras captured Trump waving from the door of an older Boeing 747, which officials had announced he would use for the return flight instead of a newer, Qatar-donated aircraft. Within minutes, he exited through a service door on the opposite side, entered a hydraulically raised catering container, and was driven across the tarmac to a U.S. Air Force C-32A military jet. A handful of aides accompanied him.

Reporters and some senior staff remained on the larger Boeing 747, which then departed for RAF Mildenhall in England. According to accounts featured in the documentary, White House staff instructed journalists to lower their window shades on Secret Service orders, an unusual request that raised suspicions among some on board....