US reopens airspace over El Paso after claim of cartel drone infiltration
Al Jazeera
The Trump administration’s swift reversal has provoked questions about the legitimacy of the foreign drone claims.
United States aviation authorities have announced that the airspace over El Paso, Texas, has been reopened after initially closing the airspace due to an alleged drone incursion from a Mexican cartel.
Wednesday’s announcement walked back an earlier statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), abruptly pausing air traffic over the southern border city for 10 days.
Such a closure would have been unprecedented. By late morning, though, the FAA announced that flights would resume in and out of the area as normal, prompting questions about the legitimacy of the drone claims.
“The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted. There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal,” the agency said in a social media post.
El Paso is one of the largest cities in Texas, and it is located on the banks of the Rio Grande River, directly across from Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.
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The Trump administration’s swift reversal has provoked questions about the legitimacy of the foreign drone claims.