Airline sources told Reuters the grounding of flights in El Paso was believed to be tied to the Pentagon's use of counterdrone technology to address Mexican drug cartels' use of drones of the U.S.-Mexico border. @davidshepardson
https://x.com/i/status/2021574009314324801
🚨BREAKING: FAA just ordered a full halt on ALL flights to and from El Paso, Texas, for the next 10 days.
Reason? “Unspecified special security reasons.”
No details, no explanation, just grounded.
https://x.com/i/status/2021548837303996864
UPDATE: The government has classified the area as “national defense airspace,” and deadly force could be used against aircraft violating the airspace if they are deemed to pose “an imminent security threat” (per Fox News)
https://x.com/i/status/2021554438356271287
🚨THIS ISN’T MINOR, THIS IS MAJOR.
Aviation expert Mike Boyd: “They’ve found something in El Paso or the surrounding area that is a legitimate threat.”
FAA shuts down ALL airspace over El Paso for 10 full days?
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A 10-day total grounding is huge commercial, cargo, general aviation, even medevac flights. That’s not something the FAA does lightly.
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Whatever’s happening, it must be serious and highly sensitive. People in El Paso are going to be massively affected, and the lack of explanation just makes it even more mysterious.
