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✈️ 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport
The secretary of transportation said the military had neutralized a drug cartel drone. Two officials said testing of counter-drone technology prompted the closure. The F.A.A. initially said it would last 10 days.
Sean Duffy, the Secretary of Transportation, and officials from the White House and the Pentagon said Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace, prompting the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso. But two people briefed by Trump administration officials said the shutdown was prompted by the Defense Department’s use of new counter-drone technology and concerns about the risks it could pose to other aircraft in the area.
“There is no threat to commercial aviation,” the agency said on social media. “All flights will resume as normal.”
Counter-drone program: In July, Steven Willoughby, deputy director of the counter-drone program at the Homeland Security Department, testified before Congress and asked lawmakers to continue the program. He said that 27,000 drones had flown within about 1,650 feet of the border over six months in 2024, piloted by organizations hostile to law enforcement. He did not go into detail on the nature of the anti-drone technology the department was testing.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flights-airport
✈️ 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport
The secretary of transportation said the military had neutralized a drug cartel drone. Two officials said testing of counter-drone technology prompted the closure. The F.A.A. initially said it would last 10 days.
Sean Duffy, the Secretary of Transportation, and officials from the White House and the Pentagon said Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace, prompting the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso. But two people briefed by Trump administration officials said the shutdown was prompted by the Defense Department’s use of new counter-drone technology and concerns about the risks it could pose to other aircraft in the area.
“There is no threat to commercial aviation,” the agency said on social media. “All flights will resume as normal.”
Counter-drone program: In July, Steven Willoughby, deputy director of the counter-drone program at the Homeland Security Department, testified before Congress and asked lawmakers to continue the program. He said that 27,000 drones had flown within about 1,650 feet of the border over six months in 2024, piloted by organizations hostile to law enforcement. He did not go into detail on the nature of the anti-drone technology the department was testing.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flights-airport
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Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport
The secretary of transportation said the military had neutralized a drug cartel drone. Two officials said testing of counter-drone technology prompted the closure. The F.A.A. initially said it would last 10 days.
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