‘Get off iPad!’ ATC scolds Spirit Airlines pilots for close call with Air Force One carrying Trump
A passenger aircraft of Spirit Airlines Inc came alarmingly close to the Air Force One, flying US President Donald Trump to UK’s London, over New York’s congested skies on Tuesday, sparking repeated alerts by the air traffic controller to the commercial flight to change its course.
The air traffic controller (ATC) noticed the similar altitudes and converging flight paths of Air Force One and Spirit Flight 1300 – an Airbus SE A321 – when both were heading over Long Island, according to a Bloomberg report.
