“Chaos and confusion”: inside the shutdown of El Paso airspace

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  Good morning.

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  Conflicting accounts emerge over the sudden closure of a major city's airspace.

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  This unnecessary decision has caused chaos and confusion in the El Paso community.

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  It's Thursday, February 12th.

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  I'm Cecilia Lay in for Shemita Basu.

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  On Tuesday night, out of nowhere,

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  federal officials mysteriously closed a large patch of airspace over El Paso,

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  Texas, bewildering pilots.

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  Okay, ground stop 0630 for how long?

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  10 days.

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  So you're the airport's totally closed?

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  Apparently, we just got informed about 30 minutes an hour ago.

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  So for 10 days, you guys are not open?

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  Well, we'll be here, but no air traffic.

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  Okay, thanks for that.

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  Heads up.

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