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September2026 Flydubai cockpit incident and Tabuk diversion

Trump's complete post praises Boeing737Max structural performance and Ortberg. Full matching AirlineGeeks October1 report explicitly links the identical quoted post to the September30 Flydubai flight diversion after cockpit violence. His beyond-design-load praise is retained as his claim, not an engineering finding; motives and guilt are not established by his post.

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  1. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    Trump announces a proposed South Korean energy investment package

    Trump announces a proposed South Korean energy investment package in his White House remarks.

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    Remarks: Donald Trump Announces a New Multi-Billion Dollar LNG Investment - September 30, 2026 Donald Trump [00:00:00-00:00:30 (31 sec)] Thank you very much, everyone. I think you read my release. I put it out on Iraq. We're out of there. We have a very good prime minister, who I endorsed actually, in the election. He was not doing particularly well, but he was a great gentleman and a great man and I endorsed him, and he won. And we left Iraq after 23 years and, uh, billions and billions of dollars spent. Donald Trump [00:00:30-00:00:49 (19 sec)] We shouldn't have been there in the first place but we're now gone, and we took everything with us, every -- every nut, every bolt, every screw, every tank, every plane. We're -- we left Iraq. Isn't that nice? Should have never been there, but we should have left a long time ago. So I'm very honored to tell you that. Donald Trump...

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  2. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    Trump congratulates Boeing for the 737 Max withstanding strain beyond expectations

    Trump congratulates Boeing on producing a plane withstanding extreme G forces and praises Boeing for precise and powerful structural planning and design.

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    Congratulations to the GREAT Boeing Company for producing a plane, the 737 Max, that was able to withstand G Forces and Strain far beyond what it was designed and expected to do. It was an amazing show of precise and powerful structural planning and design. It is about time that The Boeing Company, which builds, by far, the finest commercial airliners in the sky, was given credit for this airplane’s incredible “genius!” To Kelly Ortberg, and all of his officers and associates at Boeing, congratulations on a job well done!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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