Federal agencies are still offering conflicting explanations for last week’s unprecedented shutdown of El Paso’s airspace, even as a separate NOTAM remains active over nearby Santa Teresa, New Mexico, extending the mystery surrounding the incident and prompting Republican lawmakers to call for a formal investigation.
The FAA’s original order declared El Paso “National Defense Airspace” and warned that the U.S. government “may use deadly force” against aircraft deemed a threat, Breitbart Texas reported. The shutdown was supposed to last 10 days, but the FAA abruptly lifted it after roughly eight hours — without notifying local officials or…
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