FAA lifts unprecedented El Paso airspace restrictions after seven hours; 14 flights canceled
elpasomatters.org
Federal officials abruptly closed and then reopened El Paso’s airspace within seven hours, grounding commercial, military and emergency flights while questions remain about the alleged drone activity that prompted the shutdown.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/47269276

The Federal Aviation Administration has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under a national defense designation, offering no explanation for the rare move. The FAA order states aircraft violating the restriction could face interception and possible use of deadly force.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    21 hours ago

    Sounds to me like their fancy new toy can’t tell the difference between a commercial airliner and a toy drone. I bet Elon built it (with heavy input from Grok, of course)