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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Shyna Mae Deang

'Get Off The IPad!': ATC Yells At Spirit Airlines Pilot After Near Miss With Trump's Air Force One Over New York

The President and First Lady have arrived. (Credit: whitehouse/Instagram)

Air traffic controllers sharply reprimanded a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Boston after it strayed close to Air Force One over Long Island, New York.

The tense exchange on 16 September 2025, recorded on LiveATC.net, captured controllers ordering the Airbus A321 crew to adjust course and warning of a Boeing 747- President Trump's aircraft- flying nearby en route to the United Kingdom for a state visit.

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