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Coordination breakdown between Pentagon and FAA led to brief airspace closure over Texas, officials say
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The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the FAA to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso.
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Temporary flight restrictions to El Paso International Airport have been lifted by the Federal Aviation Administration and all flights will resume as normal.
By Karina Tsui, Diego Mendoza, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly issued a temporary flight restriction that immediately grounds all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days — a shutdown that’s likely to create significant disruptions in one of Ame…
All flights to and from El Paso International Airport will be grounded for 10 days after the Federal Aviation Administration announced the airspace is temporarily closed.
Temporary flight restrictions to El Paso International Airport have been lifted by the Federal Aviation Administration and all flights will resume as normal.
The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso, only to reopen it hours later. The bizarre episode pointed to a lack of coordination between the FAA and the Pentagon.
By Karina Tsui, Diego Mendoza, Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted the temporary shutdown of airspace over El Paso, Texas, just a few hours after it was imposed.
El Paso, Texas, airspace near the U.S.-Mexico border was issued a 10-day NOTAM on Wednesday morning, but that correspondence was almost immediately lifted.
Mexican drug cartel drones breached US airspace near El Paso International Airport before being disabled by the US military, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday.
All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official said the airspace over El Paso was closed after Mexican cartel drones breached the airspace, but said that
The Federal Aviation Association issued a temporary flight restriction Wednesday that would halt all flights to and from El Paso, Texas and nearby Santa Teresa, New Mexico for 10 days.
