At several points during the episode various characters refer to the jet fighter attempting a visual inspection of Air Force one as an F16 or Falcon (meaning an F16 Fighting Falcon). However, the plane, when seen through the window by the assembled press pool, is clearly an F15 Eagle, a much larger aircraft that looks nothing at all like an F16. The same error of aircraft identification occurs in the first episode of season four.
When Toby and Josh enter Leo's office to talk about the problem with Air Force One, Leo takes off his reading glasses with his right hand and lays them in front of him. Later in the same shot picks them up with his left hand moves them to his left. In the next closeup he picks up the glasses with his right hand and puts them on, but we never see him move the glasses from his left to his right.
At one point the pilot of Air Force 1, while speaking to the PotUS about the problem with the nose landing gear, refers to what he calls the "back wheels". The correct term, which a real pilot - especially a senior officer in the Air Force would use, is "main gear" or "main landing gear".
The aircraft commander tells the passengers that they are being turned out for runway 39, which is impossible. Runways are numbered 01 to 36 to correspond to one tenth of the direction in degrees (i.e. 90, 180, 270, 360, etc.).
Donna states that fuel on Air Force one is checked for proper levels of octane and water. Water is denser than jet fuel and would not mix in with Jet A, and water contamination is a serious concern with all commercially available jet fuel. Additionally, Jet A does not have an octane rating. Octane ratings measure resistance of fuel to autoignition regarding internal combustion engines.
At one point the plane is circling Tennessee while troubleshooting the landing gear. That would not happen, since if the gear successfully extended they would not retract it again. Having the gear down results in several operating limits, they would not fly across three states with the gear extended. They would stay closer to Andrews while troubleshooting, they would land ASAP after getting the gear down.
The octane number or octane rating is a common measure of the anti-knock properties of gasoline, not jet fuel, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, or any other hydrocarbon substance from the same fraction of crude oil. Octane ratings are not used in connection with jet fuel -- not even jet fuel for Air Force 1.
When Donna recites her imaginary "also dead" article, she refers to herself as "Dianne" Moss. However, she is showing a belief that she is unimportant and would be misidentified .
It is not at all believable that two people who have lived in D.C. for years, much less worked in the White House, would never have visited Chesapeake Bay. At the very least one would think they'd been down the road to Annapolis, which is on the bay.
Purportedly, the fighter jet flying alongside AF1 "did not have enough light to see if the nose landing gear was down." Seems like the AF1 pilot would be able to turn on the lights that are located on the nose landing gear to see if they could be seen from the fighter jet flying alongside.