US EditionEl Paso Mayor: Airspace Closure Caused ‘Chaos and Confusion’
El Paso's airspace closure lasted 10 days due to safety concerns from an unidentified aerial object, causing major disruption and prompting calls for improved coordination.
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El Paso mayor still hasn’t heard from Trump administration on airspace closure
Something as simple as party balloons or a drone was capable of crippling a major American city, and the mayor is not only furious, he wants accountability. Speaking to CNN on Thursday, El Paso, Texas, Mayor Renard Johnson said his city woke up on Wednesday to find its airspace shut down. El Paso is one of the top 25 largest cities in the U.S., with a population of around a million and nearly 259 square miles.He was flabbergasted by how a drone …
Episode 5134: Airspace Shut Down Over El Paso; Making Sure The 2026 Election Is Safe - Stephen K Bannon's War Room
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City of El Paso comments on El Paso airspace closure
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson held a press conference Wednesday morning on the abrupt closure of airspace around the El Paso International Airport. "This unnecessary decision has caused chaos and confusion in the El Paso community," Mayor Johnson stated at the meeting. "You cannot restrict airspace over a major city. Without coordinating with the city, the airport, the hospitals, the community leadership. That failure to co…
El Paso mayor: Airspace closure caused ‘chaos and confusion’
The Federal Aviation Administration’s overnight closure of the airspace over El Paso International Airport and subsequent decision to lift the restrictions roughly eight hours later caused “chaos and confusion” in Texas’s sixth-largest city, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson slammed the lack of clarity coming from the federal government, saying during…
A nasty surprise came Tuesday evening: US aviation authorities decided to close the airspace around El Paso, Texas, for ten days for safety reasons. This extraordinary decision ultimately lasted only ten hours. But questions remain about the reason for this exceptional closure, as the official, unclear explanation is being contested.
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