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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ariana Baio

‘Get off the iPad!’ Spirit Airlines pilot chastised mid-flight for getting too close to Air Force One as Trump left for London

Air traffic controllers were forced to issue an urgent demand Tuesday to pilots of a Spirit Airlines passenger flight, ordering them to move away from Air Force One as it transported President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to the United Kingdom.

While flying over Long Island, Spirit Airlines Flight 1300 came within miles of Air Force One, prompting air traffic controllers in New York to warn the pilots to turn right, an order which they seemingly did not heed at first.

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