Fighter jets were deployed on Saturday near President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. 

The Daily Mail reports that this occurred after three planes violated the estate's airspace.

As the outlet reports, "these kinds of scenarios have been happening quite frequently over the few weeks."

There indeed have been multiple violations in the past few weeks alone. Before we get to that, though, we will take a look at the most recent incident.

F-16 fighter jets deployed

This information was first reported by Newsmax host Todd Starnes.

The Daily Mail reports:

Three aircraft have reportedly violated the airspace above Palm Beach, Florida, right above where President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is located. Three civilian planes were escorted out of the area by F-16 fighter jets that had to be scrambled by North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), reported Todd Starnes, a host on the conservative outlet Newsmax.

The incidents happened around midday, specifically, one at 11:05 am, another at 12:10 pm, and the final one at 12:50 am. They were all civilian aircraft.

The outlet continues:

During two of the intercepts, the fighter jets reportedly had to deploy flares. However, all three civilian fliers were safely nudged out of Palm Beach airspace, according to Starnes.

Further details about the incidents, including about the civilian aircraft, have not, at the time of this writing, been reported.

Background

As mentioned earlier, the incident that took place over the weekend was not the first of its kind. There have been many other incidents of a similar nature in recent weeks.

NDTV World reports:

These types of airspace violations have become somewhat of a pattern in the region, with multiple breaches noted around key dates. For example, two violations were reported on February 15, and another occurred on Presidents Day, February 17.

On these occasions, fighter jets also had to be deployed in order to escort the aircraft away from the area. The airspace, of course, is restricted whenever Trump is in the area.

The White House has released a statement on the latest incident. It wrote:

Adherence to TRF procedures is essential to ensure flight safety, national security, and the security of the President. The procedures are not optional, and the excessive number of recent TRF violations indicates 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 TRF.