An air traffic controller had to repeatedly warn a flight to turn away from Air Force One's path as the two aircraft flew over New York on Tuesday.

Air Force One - carrying a London-bound Donald Trump and his wife Melania - was a short while into its journey when the incident took place.

The other plane was travelling from Fort Lauderdale in Florida to Boston, Massachusetts, when a seemingly frustrated air traffic controller eventually told its pilot: "Pay attention. Get off the iPad."

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Sky News' US partner NBC News reports that in a LiveATC (Air Traffic Control) recording, the controller can be heard telling the Spirit Airlines flight to "turn 20 degrees".

"Pay attention, Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right," they say

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