US EditionFAA Lifts 10-Day El Paso Airspace Closure Hours After Announcement
- The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a planned 10-day closure of airspace over El Paso International Airport just hours after announcing it, citing no threat to commercial aviation and resuming all flights.
- The initial closure was due to Mexican cartel drones breaching U.S. airspace, which the Defense Department disabled, according to a Trump administration official.
- The closure disrupted roughly 100 daily flights and stranded travelers, with no advance notice given to local officials or airport operations, drawing criticism from Representative Veronica Escobar.
- El Paso is a major cross-border commerce hub with Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and the airport's closure highlighted dependencies and calls for increased economic autonomy in the region.
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“There is no information on the use of cartel drones at the border,” was President Claudia Sheinbaum’s response to the U.S. government’s decision to temporarily shut down Texas airspace. Earlier, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) closed operations at El Paso International Airport. The unit justified the measure for “special security reasons,” although it did not abound any more in the reasons. Minutes later, the AP news agency published, with te…
Donald Trump announced that the United States was going to conduct "ground strikes" against the cartels, without specifying where. According to him, "the cartels are leading Mexico."
Federal airspace shutdown sparks travel chaos before sudden reopening
EL PASO, Texas — Federal aviation officials abruptly lifted a planned 10-day shutdown of El Paso International Airport on Wednesday, hours after announcing a temporary ban on all flights into and out of the border hub for unspecified “special security reasons,” the Associated Press reported.
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