A Spirit Airlines pilot was warned his plane was getting dangerously close to Air Force One. Air Traffic Control sent repeated messages warning the plane to change course as it flew just seven miles from the presidential plane. Flight 1300 was instructed by air traffic control to alter its course during its flight from Fort Lauderdale to Boston after encroaching on the president’s airspace, according to a local news station. In a recording obtained by WCVB, an air traffic controller can be heard saying, “Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right now. Pay attention. Spirit 1300, traffic’s off your left wing by six, eight miles 747. I’m sure you can see who it is.” Both planes landed safely, and the Daily Beast has contacted Spirit for comment. Donald Trump was on the plane as he flew to the U.K. f

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