Out-of-town pool report #2 - inflatable slide

As of 2.19pm, the door of M1 has not opened.

The old (white and blue) AF1 could be seen moving from its hangar into position a couple hundred meters behind the Qatar-gifted plane as M1 rolled to a stop. The old AF1 then deployed its front and rear steps.

Meanwhile on the Qatari plane, pool noticed that what appeared to be an inflatable emergency slide had been deployed from the right hand side front door, opposite the left hand side door that POTUS normally enters by.

Nothing from the WH yet on what’s happening.

Danny Kemp

AFP White House correspondent