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All flights at El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons

Started by RE, Feb 11, 2026, 04:21 AM

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RAWSTORY.COM2026-02-11

Sean Duffy offers explanation for unprecedented air closure: 'Threat has been neutralized'

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Secretary Sean Duffy blamed a "drone incursion" by Mexican cartels after closing the airspace over El Paso, Texas.


BOINGBOING.NET2026-02-11

FAA ordered a 10-day shutdown of El Paso's airspace, then reversed it hours later

Late Tuesday, the FAA ordered every aircraft out of the sky over El Paso — commercial flights, cargo, private planes, medevac helicopters, police — for 10 days, citing "national defense" and threatening to shoot down anything that flew.