A passenger jet was chewed out for flying too close to Air Force One and taking too long to adjust course as it passed over Long Island with President Trump on board.

Pilots flying Spirit Airlines Flight 1300, traveling from Fort Lauderdale to Boston, were scolded by an air traffic controller Tuesday after they tried warning them they were rapidly closing in on the president’s plane altitude and flight path as it was en route to the United Kingdom, Bloomberg reported .

The bizarre back-and-forth exchange was captured in an audio clip first shared on Bluesky by @JonNYC, according to the outlet. 3

“Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right,” the air traffic controller said, according to recordings from liveatc.net.

“Pay attention, Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right. Spirit 1300, turn 20

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