With just reading the headline it smells like a bs story for him to justify flying in a 'civilian' plane

Joe refused AF1 with inauguration, if you believe some reports.

Now this.

Makes you wonder what they had attempted to do with President Trump- especially seeing that planes seem to fall out of the skies more often based on human failure, rather than mechanical failure.

This whole bit seems to me to be a big tell as to what they previously attempted to do. It’s like they are showcasing where the weaknesses are (if one has high access).