A fighter jet used a “headbutt maneuver” to intercept a plane near Mar-a-Lago Saturday while President Donald Trump was in Florida , U.S. officials said.
At around 12:20 p.m., a civilian aircraft crossed into a restricted area over the president’s Palm Beach resort, resulting in an interception from a North American Aerospace Defense Command F-16 fighter jet.
“After the fighter jet executed a standard headbutt maneuver to gain the pilot’s attention, the civilian aircraft established communication and safely exited the restricted airspace in full compliance with flight instructions,” NORAD said in a Saturday press release .
The headbutt maneuver involves a fighter jet flying closely in front of another aircraft to get its pilot’s attention.…