Three aircraft have reportedly violated the airspace above Palm Beach, Florida, right above where President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is located.
Three civilian aircraft were escorted out of the area by F-16 fighter jets that had to be scrambled by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), reported Todd Starnes, a host on the conservative outlet Newsmax.
During two of the intercepts, the fighter jets reportedly had to deploy flares. However, all three civilian fliers were safely nudged out of Palm Beach airspace.
DailyMail.com approached NORAD for comment on the situation.
Based on Starnes’ reporting, the incidents occurred at 11:05am, 12:10pm and 12:50pm.
It’s not clear under what circumstances these planes flew into Palm Beach airspace, but these kinds of scenarios have been happening quite frequently over the last week or so.
The Palm Beach Post reported on February 20 that there were three airspace violations over the coastal city during Trump’s six-day visit to Mar-a-Lago that month.
Two of the violations occurred on February 15 and one happened on Presidents Day, February 17.
A NORAD spokesperson did not reveal where the planes were exactly over Palm Beach, but there were reports of F-16’s responding to the violations over Wellington, which is a more inland community.
NORAD reported yet another civilian aircraft improperly flying over Palm Beach on February 18 at approximately 10:49am.
Again, the agency scrambled fighter jets which also used flares to communicate with the civilian pilot.
NORAD explained that flares are ’employed with the highest regard for safety, burn out quickly and completely, and pose no danger to people on the ground.’
Now that Trump is president again, temporary flight restrictions, or TFRs, have been set up around Mar-a-Lago whenever he visits.
TFRs restrict aircraft and drones from operating without permission in a certain area for limited time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
So when Trump is at Mar-a-Lago, the TFR’s inner core extends 10 nautical miles, while the outer core extends 30 nautical miles, per the National Business Aviation Association.