Trump's Mar-a-Lago neighbors fume over 'thunderous' plane noise
As of October, the U.S. Secret Service designated President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as a no-fly zone, forcing aircraft to divert around it even when he is not visiting. Speaking with the Washington Post, residents of the area planes must now fly over fumed over the noise and soot left behind.
As required by the no-fly zone, a significant number of lanes are now routed over the El Cid neighborhood, a few blocks north of Trump's resort. However, it's not just the noise from these planes leaving or arriving at Palm Beach International Airport causing a stir, as some area officials highlighted the abruptness with which the policy was put in place.
“There was no lead-up to this,” Nancy Pullum, chair of the Citizens’ Committee on Airport Noise, said. “It just happened. Literally nobody knew. The flight traffic controllers didn’t know. The airport, they didn’t know. Palm Beach County didn’t know....