Two flight restrictions were issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday morning for airspace over El Paso, Texas, and New Orleans.
In Texas, arriving and departing flights out of El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, have been suspended for 10 days, the FAA announced. The decision to halt air traffic was due to “special security reasons” and was revealed in an alert on the FAA’s official “Notice to Air Missions” website.
The order was issued without advance notice and went into effect on Feb. 10 at 11:30 p.m. local time, according to multiple sources. However, NOTAM mentioned that the airspace restriction at El Paso began on “Feb. 11 at 0630 UTC.”…