FAA issues restrictions halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport (ELP) for 10 days due to “special security reasons.”

[tcatinreality@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa

For those not familiar with American geography, El Paso is 250 miles from the nearest city of any significant size.

Shutting down the El Paso airport for 10 days will have serious economic consequences.

Of course, it's a Dem-led city in Texas, so maybe that is the point.
#ThisIsAmericaNow

[stalbaum@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa what fresh new hell is this?

[jackenrod@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa WTF from the freedom party?

[farbel@mas.to]

@newsguyusa really curious what this is about.

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa

From nyt:

"...The airport said in a statement that the restriction had been issued “on short notice” and that it was waiting for additional guidance from the F.A.A. In a notice, the F.A.A. said the federal government “may use deadly force” if an aircraft violating the airspace is determined to pose “an imminent security threat.”...

Weird. Worth keeping an eye on.

nytimes.com

(www.nytimes.com)

[harriettmb@toot.wales]

@newsguyusa This has all the vibes of a Trump vindictive action.

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa it's pretty close to Juarez, #Mexico.

Everything else seems normal, aside from covid and tb outbreaks in the detention center near Fort Bliss.

Could be actions into Mexico.

I hope not. But everything else seems pretty normal.

#unitedstates #ElPasoTex

[flavin@mas.to]

@newsguyusa This is bullshit. 10 days is way longer than Trump's attention span.

[richard_merren@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa This is nuts.

[bltpizza@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa wtf

[cav@infosec.exchange]

@newsguyusa

ELP control tower camera url:

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[bazcook@mas.to]

@newsguyusa - you gotta wonder if its not for one of two reasons:
1/ Border control / ICE and / or military have fucked up in a major way and are hiding something, or,
2/ El Paso is Democrat-run and Agent Orange is just being his usual clueless but spiteful self.

[chrisholladay@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa
Now that I think about it,this smells like a trial run of restricting movement.
Try that shit at a major hub

[fsinn@mas.to]

@ChrisHolladay @newsguyusa

Coincidentally, I’m sure: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B03002012E048141

[cav@infosec.exchange]

@newsguyusa welp, looks like they killed it

[newsguyusa@flipboard.social]

Update: The FAA flight restriction has been lifted allowing flights to resume at El Paso International Airport (ELP) after it had been announced there would be no commercial or civil air traffic there for 10 days. https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-international/

[sempf@infosec.exchange]

@newsguyusa Super sus.

[thorium@social.linux.pizza]

@newsguyusa WTF?

[deberupts@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa The usual chaos and incompetency from this administration.

[aadeacon@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa OK, what has happened elsewhere in the US we were meant to miss whilst speculating over El Paso, any ideas?