El Paso flights grounded 10 days for ‘special security reasons’

The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace astir El Paso International Airport successful Texas, grounding each flights successful and retired of the airdrome for the adjacent 10 days. No mentation for the closure has been given, beyond a vague notation to "Special Security Reasons."

The closure was announced precocious connected February 10th successful a notice connected the FAA website, and applies until February 20th. A second notice lists a akin closure for adjacent Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Airspace successful a 10-mile radius astir El Paso airdrome is included, though flights supra 18,000 feet are unaffected, arsenic is Mexican airspace.

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