India, Aug. 6 -- A video showing a military helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump flying within less than a mile of a passenger aircraft over Washington in the United States on Tuesday has gone viral on social media.

The White House, however, has said that the president was never at risk.

Trump's Marine One flew within less than a mile of a commercial aircraft over the US capital as the helicopter was approaching nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday afternoon, The New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Marine One carrying the president departed from the White House while commercial flights were still operating at the airport, despite safety protocols requiring them to be paus...