Air Force Stray Hunters intercepted an unauthorized plane that entered the no-fly zone over the house of Florida of Donald Trump while golfing in Mar-A-Lago on Sunday.
North American Aerospace Defense Command said that F-16 fighter jets fired torches to attract the attention of the civil pilot, while the president gave a round on his golf course in West Palm Beach.
The burglary has not changed Trump's schedule or does not influence its safety, according to officials.
Norad said that the torches may have been visible from the ground, but that they burn out quickly and do not pose a danger.
“Compliance with TFR procedures is essential to ensure flight safety, national security and the security of the president,” said General Gregory Guillot, the commander of Norad and US Northern Command in a statement.
'The procedures are not optional, and the excessive number of recent TFR violations indicates that many civil pilots do not read notes or notams before each flight, as required by the FAA, and has resulted in several answers from Norad Fighter Aircraft to supervise offending aircraft from the TFR'
Jets also had a interception on Saturday morning shortly after Trump arrived on the track from his private club and residence in Mar-A-Lago.
Violations and interceptions are relatively routine, but Norad increases the alarm about the frequency of the intrusions since the inauguration of Trump.
Air Force Stray Hunters intercepted an unauthorized plane that entered the no-fly zone over the house of Florida of Donald Trump while playing golf. Shown: Trump arrives on Saturday
F-16 fighter jets shot torches to attract the attention of the civil pilot, while the president finished a round of Golf (shown: an F-16 on October 31, 2020)
The burglary has not changed Trump's schedule or his security on Mar-A-Lago (photo)
The agency said it has responded to more than 20 incidents and blames civil pilots because they do not follow the regulations that should check for airspace restrictions before they leave.
Federal officials maintain a permanent flight restriction on Trump's club that extends to a radius of 30 nautical miles when the president is in residence.
On March 1, three aircraft reportedly violated the airspace over Mar-a-Lago between 11:05 am, 12:10 and 12:50 pm, according to Todd Starnes of Newsmax.
During two of the interceptions, the fighter jets reportedly had to use torches. However, all three civil pilots were safely dropped from Palm Beach Airspace.
The Palm Beach Post reported on 20 February that there were three violations in the air room across the coastal city during Trump's six-day visit to Mar-A-Lago that month.
Two of the violations took place on 15 February and one happened on the President Day, 17 February.
A Norad spokesperson did not reveal exactly where the planes were about Palm Beach, but there were reports that F-16s responded to the violations about Wellington, a more domestic community.
Norad reported another civilian plane that flew over Palm Beach on 18 February at about 10:49 am.
Norad raises an alarm about the frequency of the intrusions since Trump's inauguration
A burger recorded this video of an F-16 that flew over the Palm Beach area on 18 February. That day there was a civil aircraft that flew into the airspace wrongly
Again, the agency clambed fighter jets who also used torches to communicate with the civil pilot.
Norad explained that torches 'are used with the highest regard for safety, burn quickly and completely and do not pose a danger for people on the ground'.
A burger recorded one of the fighter jets who was deployed that day and submitted the video at WPTV, an NBC branch in West Palm Beach. The video was made when the Jet was over Boynton Beach, which lies just south of Palm Beach.
