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Apr 27 2009, AP

An administration official says a presidential Boeing 747 and a fighter jet flew low near ground zero in New York City Monday because the White House Military Office wanted to update its file photo of the president’s plane near the Statue of Liberty.

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This undated image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the current publicity photo of the presidential plane over Mount Rushmore. The White House plans an inquiry into a low-flying photo shoot by the presidential plane that panicked New Yorkers and cost.