The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating an air-traffic safety incident involving President Donald Trump’s Marine One helicopter and another aircraft, according to Reuters news agency and air-traffic control audio reviewed by CNN.

Incident Details

The Marine One helicopter took off from the Ellipse just south of the White House on Tuesday afternoon, but air traffic at nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport continued for a couple of minutes afterward, according to a CNN review of air-traffic control audio captured by ATC.com.

There has been growing scrutiny of the extremely crowded airspace around Reagan National Airport, roughly 4 miles from the Ellipse, in the wake of a collision last year of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet, killing all 67 people on board.

Following that incident, the FAA imposed heavy restrictions on helicopters operating near the airport.

A review of air-traffic control audio indicates the pilots of Marine One told a Reagan National tower controller they were preparing to take off at least three times. The controller didn’t appear to respond to them, and traffic at the airport appeared to be moving.

Marine One lifted off from the White House Ellipse, near the South Lawn, around 2:33 p.m., according to a pool report.

The other aircraft involved was an Envoy Air commercial plane, according to Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, which was first to report the story. Envoy Air 3742, a regional E170 jet bound for Pensacola, Florida, departed at 2:34 p.m. and was involved in the apparent loss of separation incident with Marine One, a source told Reuters.

Both aircraft landed safely.

“Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the President in harm’s way,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai told the Journal.

Original reporting: WESH Orlando — read the source article.