[fluorescence]

Misleading journalism as it looks more like the Spirit Airlines plane was flying right into the path of Air Force One.

[ifinnegan]

A possible way to kill him.

[Libloather]

Dood was on his phone checking out Amazon specials. Who isn’t?

[ScaniaBoy]

On August 29, 2025, after a failed restructuring, Spirit Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in less than a year...

Hmmmm.....maybe not the type of airline you want to have flying in your airspace.

[mewzilla]

...The encounter was first posted first by the @JonNYC account on the Bluesky media app....

The UK's Deep State is just getting desperate now...

[Ann Archy]

Spirit Airlines PILOT needs to be investigated!

[Paul R.]

Spirit 1300 was likely close to being knocked down by one of Air Force 1’s escorts...

[grey_whiskers]

Another attempted assassination.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Spirit flight from Ft Lauderdale to Boston…nice. We could have possibly lost the best President ever over a flight full of welfare recipients and DEI hires returning from their ghetto cruise.

[SaveFerris]

Hmmm...

Unless Spirit pilot knew it was AF1

Still TCAS should give AF1 evasive maneuvers

Waiting for more information...🤔🤔🤔

[mewzilla]

And now for the rest of the story...possibly.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spirit-airlines-flight-warned-to-move-farther-from-air-force-one-over-long-island-pay-attention-get-off-the-ipad/

“...Preliminary flight data from flightradar24.com indicates the Spirit Airbus A321 the closest the two jets came on converging paths was around 11 miles....”

Note to the UK’s Deep State: Nice try.

[sipow]

Yeah. It wasn’t Air Force One that almost hit another jet. It was the Spirit jet that almost hit Trump.

Spirit recently filed bankruptcy (second time in less than a year). Disgruntled employee looking to make the news?

[Ezekiel]

Been keeping up with the latest news?

"Pay attention, Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees right,” the controller said after the airline crew ignored his initial message. "Spirit 1300, turn 20 degrees RIGHT NOW."

Raising his voice again, the controller commanded: "Spirit Wings 1300 turn 20 degrees RIGHT. IMMEDIATELY."

1300:

א׳ש׳

אש, fire.

[Jayster]

Retired ATC here.

This is fairly common where pilots don’t respond to traffic calls or just general instructions. Really bad with the various Asian airlines.

[1Old Pro]

the New York controller gave one final warning to the Spirit crew: "Pay attention! Get off the iPad!"

If pilots are receiving these types of admonitions then they are a danger and should be fired.

[Wuli]

The title of the article has the facts reversed.

The title: Trump’s Air Force One flight to London ‘almost hit another jet’ in plane crash near miss

Should have been: A Spirit Airlines flight almost hit Trump’s Air Force One in a plane crash near miss

[Mastador1]

Yes, which ATC routed the Spirit flight to set up the crash? I might be spit ballin here, but seems to me that when AF1 is in the air all other aircraft except for military escorts should be routed away. Sounds like there is going to be an opening for another ATC position real soon.

[Organic Panic]

Spirit Air.

The pilots were probably brawling over some malt liquor and chicken wings in the back with the passengers.

[NonValueAdded]

Sounds like the plot from a Nikita episode.

[dforest]

Yes, they want you to believe AF1 was at fault by the headline.

UK media as FOS and sometimes even worse than our own.

[markman46]

when AF1 is in flight there is air space rule sand a NOTAM also, the spirit pilots were stupid, and will get a chewing out over this