President Barack Obama's plane aborted its initial landing and circled around Bradley International Airport this morning before finally landing.
The immediate White House pool report, sent via BlackBerry by a Christian Science Monitor reporter who was traveling with Obama, stated as follows:
"On the record from White House Spokesman Nick Shapiro:
"AF1 did a go-round at Bradley Intl Airport this morning because of weather. They circled around and landed safely a few minutes later, at 10:05 a.m.
"The pilot was in the process of landing but due to weather the pilot decided to circle around and then landed the plane, this is a standard and safe procedure.''
