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A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 experienced a near miss with Air Force One over Long Island yesterday while operating a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Boston. The yellow-clad narrowbody is said to have come within 11 miles of the Boeing VC-25A, a modified 747-200, that was carrying Donald Trump to the UK.

The A321's proximity to the quadjet prompted air traffic control to instruct it to turn to the right, with increasing urgency. While the two aircraft did ultimately retain a safe distance from one another, the controllers' frustrations with the situation were plain to see, with one quipping that the Spirit pilots should " get off the iPad ."

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