New evidence suggests the CBP's use of a military anti-drone laser triggered an airspace shutdown initially attributed to Mexican cartels.

CBP fired the laser thinking it was aiming at cartel drones, leading the FAA to close the airspace over El Paso—and causing ...

Various theories circulate in the wake of the El Paso, Texas airspace closure. Federal government handling widely criticized.

While there is little new official information about the FAA order that briefly closed the airspace over El Paso, Texas, on ...

Key senators and the families of the 67 dead in an airliner collision with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital are convinced that advanced aircraft locator systems recommended by experts for ...

Key US senators are seeking answers from the US Federal Aviation Administration and the Pentagon over what led to the sudden closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, earlier this week.

The sources say the border security agency borrowed the laser and fired it without first coordinating with the aviation agency, sparking a sudden, short-lived shutdown.

Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), expressed concern Thursday at the lack of ...

Here & Now ‘s Robin Young speaks with The Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe about whether a party balloon sighting was involved in the brief shutdown of the airport in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, in what ...

Flights were grounded overnight for "security reasons," but conflicting accounts have left travelers wondering what really ...

Questions remain, and tensions are stirring around conflicting explanations for the abrupt closure of the airspace over El ...