So they are worried about a hijacker? If they were worried about someone with a private aircraft, surely they could allow large jets to fly. That or they don't want a jet doing a take off procedure when things go hot. But a question I have is what happens after 10 days that makes this threat go away?
"It's just two weeks of having the airport closed."
It's very weird, I linked the HN thread - the theories are some military operation in vicinity (Russia closed a dozen of airports for years now), nuclear test, Iran's potential drone operation against planes as retaliation in case of US attack.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it had lifted the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso that it had imposed last night. “All flights will resume as normal,” the F.A.A. said on social media.
The F.A.A. added that there was no threat to commercial aviation and that normal flights would resume.
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So they are worried about a hijacker? If they were worried about someone with a private aircraft, surely they could allow large jets to fly. That or they don't want a jet doing a take off procedure when things go hot. But a question I have is what happens after 10 days that makes this threat go away?
"It's just two weeks of having the airport closed."
It's very weird, I linked the HN thread - the theories are some military operation in vicinity (Russia closed a dozen of airports for years now), nuclear test, Iran's potential drone operation against planes as retaliation in case of US attack.
HN discussion, some wild theories: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46972610
UPD1 Also interesting thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/ADSB/comments/1r1pqnp/10_day_tfr_issued_in_el_paso_due_to_special/
UPD2
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flights-airport
isn't it weird?
Cartels were sending drones to deliver drugs apparently