An air traffic controller sternly told the pilot to “pay attention,” “get off the iPad” and turn the plane to steer clear of a flight carrying President Trump.
Spirit Airlines planes in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2022. A Spirit Airlines plane flying from Fort Lauderdale to Boston on Tuesday was instructed to move farther away from Air Force One.
A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board detailed how a flight bound for Europe hit turbulence violent enough to send 18 passengers to the hospital.
The N.T.S.B. report, released late Tuesday, suggests that while the pilots had been on the lookout for bad weather, the incident caught them off guard.
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