Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport

Posted by edward 21 hours ago

Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport(www.nytimes.com)

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durge 16 hours ago||

Could be a window for a bunch of deportation activity? It's not very low profile if that's the case.

bloomingeek 15 hours ago||

NPR just announced the El Paso airport is back online for air travel.

meindnoch 18 hours ago||

Crashed alien vehicle recovery?

markus_zhang 18 hours ago||

Aliens? I want to believe...

burnt-resistor 16 hours ago||

It was reported on Democracy Now! that an anonymous source said the military representing Biggs Army Air Field at Fort Bliss (KBIF) couldn't guarantee safety of commercial air traffic around El Paso International Airport (KELP). There was no specific details communicated and the message released caused unnecessary panic. The most likely explanation seems to be an unresolved dispute between the military and the FAA related to improving airspace safety around military flight tracks near major airports (class B/C/D airspace).

burnt-resistor 11 hours ago|

Another source from Thom Hartmann mentioned the military was testing counter-drone lasers and failed to inform the FAA. Seems like the FAA used unreasonable collective punishment to passive-aggressively chastise the military publicly.

philipwhiuk 16 hours ago||

FAA has rescinded the TFR - looks like a possible DoD goof in relation to army exercises, leading to the FAA being overcautious.

philipwhiuk 16 hours ago||

> BREAKING: A source briefed by FAA tells me the El Paso flight ban was driven by military operations from Biggs Army Air Field at Fort Bliss https://x.com/petemuntean/status/2021573468341383284

chasd00 16 hours ago|

Probably an attempt to embarrass the admin. Now watch for the orangemanbad articles about a reckless military operation personally planned by the president in the middle of the night on X.

Hah im trying to be tongue-in-cheek but I have to admit that doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility actually lol

cindyllm 14 hours ago||

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wavemode 19 hours ago|

If there were some mundane reason for the shutdown (e.g. ATC staffing, or volcanic ash) it wouldn't be a secret, and if there were an emergency (one severe enough to ground all aircraft for so song) we would've heard or seen something.

Occam's Razor says, this order came down from Trump. If that's the case, only question remaining would be what is he planning.

AnimalMuppet 15 hours ago|

Well, if the only comparable antecedent is closing American airspace after 9/11, and that order came down from Bush, it seems reasonable to suppose that this order came down from Trump.

As for why? No clue.

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