Air traffic controllers were not going to have a tragedy on their hands when they repeatedly sent orders to the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight 1300.

According to audio from the interaction, the flight sharing the sky with Air Force One on Tuesday was repeatedly ordered by air traffic control to “turn 20 degrees right.”

Air traffic controllers repeatedly warned the aircraft to “pay attention” and “turn away” after it came too close to President Donald Trump’s aircraft as he flew to the United Kingdom for his state visit.

The planes were never within a distance that the Federal Aviation Administration would classify as unsafe, but it was still close enough for the air traffic controllers to make sure nothing insane would happen to the leader of the country.

Not only were the Spirit Air

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