FAA causes whiplash with El Paso airspace closure
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El Paso airspace reopened after FAA quickly rescinds 10-day flight restrictions
A source told the Tribune that Defense Department drones spurred the announced closure, but the White House said unmanned craft were flown by Mexican cartels.
The Federal Aviation Administration is charged with flight safety, and the Defense Department with national security. Those missions keep colliding.
The Pentagon allowed U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use an anti-drone laser earlier this week, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to sudden
Aviation officials shut down the airspace over El Paso after Customs and Border Protection officials fired a laser on loan from the Pentagon.
The FAA has issued a temporary flight restriction, halting all flights to and from El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, until Feb. 20.
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CBP shot down party balloons with anti-drone tech before FAA closed El Paso airspace, sources say
The sudden closure of El Paso's airspace Wednesday came sometime after U.S.
Flights are resuming at El Paso’s airport after the FAA lifted a sudden ban tied to a drone incursion near U.S. airspace.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued unexplained notices late Tuesday closing airspace over El Paso and a large patch of southern New Mexico west of Santa Teresa for 10 days. El Paso
The testing, which was taking place near Fort Bliss, was of high-energy lasers that are designed to protect against drones from drug cartels that could cross over the U.S. border, three of the sources say.