March 29 (Reuters) – A civilian plane violated a no-fly zone on Sunday near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, before being “safely escorted out of the area,” the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.
The aircraft violated a Temporary Flight Restriction around 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT), NORAD said in a statement. That restriction is typically imposed when the U.S. president is in the area.
“During the intercept, NORAD aircraft dispensed flares, which may have been visible to the public,” NORAD said. “The flares were used to draw attention from or communicate with the pilot,” and posed no danger to people on the ground, it said.
NORAD has reported a number of similar incidents since Trump returned to power last year. All were resolved without reports of threats.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos in New York; Editing by Sergio Non and Paul Simao)
