<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US Air Force fighter jets intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near Donald Trump's Florida home, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since the president took office on January 20.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said that Sunday's incident, which took place as Trump finished a round of golf at his West Palm Beach golf course, saw F-16s deploy flares to get the attention of the civilian pilot.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jets also conducted an intercept on Saturday morning shortly after Trump arrived at the course from his private Mar-a-Lago club and residence.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-says-tariffs-on-mexico-and-canada-could-go-up/210d1776-6608-4aaa-9a43-95e6d495d666" target="_blank" title=" Trump says tariffs on Mexico and Canada 'could go up'"><strong><span>Trump says tariffs on Mexico and Canada 'could go up'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The airspace intrusions in the heavily congested south Florida airspace have prompted fighter jet intercepts but did not alter Trump's schedule or impact his security, officials said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NORAD says the flares may have been visible from the ground but that they burn out quickly and don't pose danger.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Federal officials maintain a permanent flight restriction over Trump's club that expands to a radius of 30 nautical miles (55km) when the president is in residence.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/plane-over-donald-trump-florida-estate-intercepted-by-us-fighter-jets/635a777b-2974-4e5d-8fa7-49acd234b56f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Violations, and intercepts, are relatively routine, but NORAD is raising alarm over the frequency of the intrusions since Trump's inauguration, saying it has responded to more than 20 incidents and blames civilian pilots for not following regulations requiring them to check for airspace restrictions before taking off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-updates-armed-man-shot-by-secret-service-near-white-house-while-president-out-of-town/4c3d912d-0ad3-47c3-9d00-60a4e1780979" rel="" target="_blank" title="Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town"><strong><span>Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Adherence to TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction) procedures is essential to ensure flight safety, national security, and the security of the President," General Gregory Guillot, the commander of NORAD and US Northern Command said in a statement. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The procedures are not optional, and the excessive number of recent TFR violations indicates many civil aviators are not reading Notice to Airmen, or NOTAMS, before each flight as required by the FAA, and has resulted in multiple responses by NORAD fighter aircraft to guide offending aircraft out of the TFR."</span></div></div>

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