FAA lifts El Paso airspace restriction
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The FAA has issued a temporary flight restriction, halting all flights to and from El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, until Feb. 20.
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Senators on Thursday criticized the Federal Aviation Administration over a litany of failures before the January 2025 collision of a American Airlines regional jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people near Reagan Washington National Airport.
Jennifer Homendy, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), expressed concern Thursday at the lack of communication between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Defense Department,
The FAA’s unprecedented flip-flop in closing El Paso airspace—only to reopen it hours later—is raising questions from aviation safety experts.
Departing flights to Tampa International Airport were briefly grounded Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration.
For several tense hours overnight, airspace over El Paso and a wide swath of southern New Mexico went dark. The
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A notice of temporary flight restrictions indicates President Trump will make his annual Presidents Day weekend visit to Mar-a-Lago.