2026年2月11日 / 美国东部时间下午12:21 / CBS新闻
得克萨斯州边境城市埃尔帕索意外且短暂的空域关闭，源于联邦航空管理局（FAA）与五角大楼官员在无人机相关测试问题上的分歧，多位知情人士向CBS新闻透露。
五角大楼已在靠近埃尔帕索国际机场的军事基地布利斯堡附近，就军事技术的使用进行了广泛规划，以演练击落无人机。
两名消息人士将这项技术确定为高能激光。
会议原计划讨论安全影响，但五角大楼官员希望更快测试该技术，并表示已满足美国法典第130i条关于保护特定设施免受无人飞行器威胁的要求。
消息人士称，联邦航空管理局局长布莱恩·贝德福德周二晚间决定关闭空域——且未通知白宫、五角大楼或国土安全部官员。
贝德福德告诉官员，空域限制将持续实施以确保安全，直到与国防部的问题得到解决。
联邦航空管理局拒绝置评。
向飞行员和航空公司发布的关键通知要求禁止在18,000英尺以下飞行，最初设定为10天，这是自“9·11”恐怖袭击以来首次全面停飞这么长时间。联邦航空管理局的通知警告违规者可能被击落。
本周早些时候，反无人机技术已在美墨边境附近启动，以击落疑似外国无人机。但消息人士称，实际上被击落的飞行物是一个派对气球，有消息人士称击落了一个气球。
消息人士指出，墨西哥贩毒集团近期在边境使用无人机，但目前尚不清楚本周军方反无人系统（UAS）技术击中了多少架。一名官员称，至少有一架贩毒集团无人机被成功瘫痪。
周三上午，包括紧急医疗疏散在内的所有航班停飞，引发执法机构紧急行动，试图弄清楚所谓NOTAM（航行通告）中的安全提示因何而起。
消息人士称，周三上午，白宫办公厅主任苏西·怀尔斯办公室的例行会议讨论了此事，几分钟内联邦航空管理局就解除了限制。
熟悉讨论的消息人士表示，五角大楼和交通部官员已就军事无人机测试协调数月，联邦航空管理局也得到保证，商业航空旅行没有威胁。
两名航空公司消息人士称，航空公司官员被告知，埃尔帕索机场进出港航班停飞的决定似乎源于无人机活动及美国政府的反制努力。
消息人士称，航空公司认为，空域关闭是出于谨慎——因为联邦航空管理局无法预测美国政府无人机的飞行路径，而这些无人机的飞行路线已偏离常规。航空公司也意识到，联邦航空管理局与五角大楼官员在这一问题上明显陷入僵局，因为五角大楼一直在布利斯堡进行打击贩毒集团的无人机行动，却未与联邦航空管理局共享相关信息。
一名官员表示，目前尚不清楚是否有人会因此次关闭空域的沟通失误被解雇。
交通部长肖恩·达菲在声明中称：“联邦航空管理局和交通部迅速应对贩毒集团无人机入侵。威胁已被消除，该地区商业航班没有危险。限制已解除，正常航班正在恢复。”
当被问及有多少无人机被瞄准、采取了什么行动以及何时采取行动时，五角大楼表示暂无补充信息。
一年前，华盛顿特区发生美军直升机与美国航空区域喷气机空中相撞事件后，联邦航空管理局加强了关注度。
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Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
February 11, 2026 / 12:21 PM EST / CBS News
The unexpected but brief airspace closure in the Texas border city of El Paso stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests, multiple sources close to the matter told CBS News.
The Pentagon had undertaken extensive planning on the use of military technology near Fort Bliss, a military base that abuts the El Paso International Airport, to practice taking down drones.
Two sources identified the technology as a high-energy laser.
Meetings were scheduled over safety impacts, but Pentagon officials wanted to test the technology sooner, stating that U.S. Code 130i requirements governing the protection of certain facilities from unmanned aircraft had been met.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on Tuesday night decided to close the airspace — without alerting White House, Pentagon or Homeland Security officials, sources said.
Bedford told officials the airspace restrictions would be in place to ensure safety until issues with the War Department could be resolved.
The FAA declined to comment.
The critical bulletin issued to pilots and airlines not to fly below 18,000 feet was initially set for 10 days, a duration for a full grounding not used since the 9/11 terror attacks. The FAA notice warned violators risked being shot down.
Earlier this week, the anti-drone technology was launched near the southern border to shoot down what appeared to be foreign drones. The flying material turned out to be a party balloon, sources said. One balloon was shot down, several sources said.
The Mexican cartels have been running drones on the border lately, the sources said, but it was unclear how many were hit by the military’s anti-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) technology this week. One official said at least one cartel drone was successfully disabled.
The grounding of all flights, including emergency medical evacuation, touched off a scramble among law enforcement agencies Wednesday morning to figure out what prompted the security message in the so-called NOTAM.
It was discussed in a regular meeting at White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ office Wednesday morning, and within minutes the FAA lifted the restrictions, sources said.
Sources familiar with the discussions said Pentagon and Department of Transportation officials had been coordinating on the military drone tests for months, and the FAA had been assured that there was no threat to commercial air travel.
Two airline sources said airline officials were told the decision to halt flights in and out of the El Paso Airport appeared to stem from drone activity and U.S. government efforts to counteract it.
The airlines were under the impression that the airspace closure was put into place out of an abundance of caution because the FAA could not predict where U.S. government drones might be flying. The drones have been operating outside of their normal flight paths. The airlines were also aware of the apparent impasse between the FAA and Pentagon officials over the issue because the Pentagon has been using Fort Bliss for anti-cartel drone operations without sharing information with the FAA, the sources said
One official said it was unclear whether anyone would be fired in connection to the miscommunications over the closure.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, “The FAA and DOW acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized, and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region. The restrictions have been lifted and normal flights are resuming.”
The Pentagon said it had nothing to add when asked by CBS News how many drones were targeted, what actions were taken and when.
FAA’s heightened attention followed the mid-air collision over Washington, D.C. between a U.S. Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet a year ago.
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