Netflix Doc Details Trump's Secret Turkey Plane Swap

Netflix announced Tuesday that it has already finished a documentary about President Trump's secret July 8 switch off Air Force One in Turkey — a ruse that left a plane full of reporters flying home without him.

"Instadocs: The Decoy Plane" premieres Friday, Sept. 4. Netflix says it tells the story "through the eyes of the traveling press corps with firsthand accounts" from journalists who were on board.

The switch was made because of a threat to Trump's life from Iran, according to reporting by The Washington Post.

What Happened in Ankara

Trump was photographed boarding Air Force One as he left a NATO summit in Ankara on July 8. According to The Washington Post, he then slipped off the other side of the aircraft, was driven away in a catering truck of the kind used to load food onto planes, and flew out on a separate military jet.

Reporters boarded behind him and took their seats, unaware the president was no longer with them. The White House had said publicly that Trump was flying out on the older Air Force One rather than the Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar that he arrived on.

Trump is believed to have rejoined the Qatari jet during a stop at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, before the flight to Joint Base Andrews.

The New York Times reported that a handful of people traveled with Trump, including aide Natalie Harp and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, adviser Stephen Miller, then-press secretary Karoline Leavitt and the traveling press remained on what became the decoy plane.