"Special Security Reasons": FAA Abruptly Halts All Flight Operations Above U.S. Border Town El Paso
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) late Tuesday, closing the airspace above the U.S. border town of El Paso and a large area of southern New Mexico west of Santa Teresa for 10 days. The notice suspends all commercial, cargo, and general aviation flights in the affected area.
Local newspaper El Paso Matters points out:
Closing off airspace over a major U.S. city is a rare action, and officials with the Federal Aviation Administration didn't immediately respond to questions from El Paso Matters on the reasons for the action.
A person familiar with the notices, who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak publicly, said the action to close airspace over a major U.S. city for security reasons over an extended period hasn't happened since immediately after the terror attacks ofSept. 11, 2001.
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