2026年2月13日 下午3:58 UTC / 路透社
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路透社华盛顿2月13日电 – 议员们周五表示，美国联邦航空局（FAA）已解除周二晚间开始的限制令，该限制曾禁止在新墨西哥州南部大片区域飞行，原计划持续10天。
FAA此前以”特殊安全原因”发布命令，禁止往返德克萨斯州埃尔帕索附近机场以及新墨西哥州南部的航班。
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周三凌晨几小时后，FAA解除了埃尔帕索的限制，但未解释为何仍保留对新墨西哥州的限制。
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“新墨西哥州南部居民和埃尔帕索居民理应得到解释和透明信息，”新墨西哥州民主党众议员加布·瓦斯克斯表示。
美国联邦航空局突然关闭该国第71繁忙机场，导致空中旅客滞留，并在夜间中断了医疗疏散航班。这10天的停飞本将是单一机场前所未有的行动。
FAA未立即置评，也未说明何时解除新墨西哥州南部的飞行禁令。
消息人士告诉路透社，FAA之所以在德克萨斯州停飞，是因为军方使用的激光反无人机系统存在安全隐患，此前该系统已造成不可接受的安全风险。
目前尚不清楚促使关闭新墨西哥州空域的具体原因。
新墨西哥州民主党参议员本·雷·卢汉呼吁就事件展开全面情况通报。
卢汉表示：”FAA与地方和州官员以及联邦机构之间的沟通失效不可接受，这损害了我们空域的安全。这一事件引发了严重关切。”
政府和航空公司官员在匿名条件下表示，FAA关闭空域是因为担心国土安全部此前使用的陆军激光反无人机系统可能对空中交通构成风险。
消息人士称，两家机构原计划于2月20日讨论该问题，但陆军在未获得FAA批准的情况下继续使用反无人机系统，这促使FAA暂停航班。
负责监管FAA的美国运输部长肖恩·达菲表示，此次关闭是由墨西哥贩毒集团的无人机入侵引起的。然而，机场附近发现无人机通常只会导致交通短暂暂停，而非长时间关闭。五角大楼称，美墨边境每月此类事件超过1000起。
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FAA lifts airspace restrictions over southern New Mexico
February 13, 2026 3:58 PM UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
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WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted restrictions barring flights over a large swath of southern New Mexico late Tuesday that were supposed to last for 10 days, lawmakers said Friday.
The FAA had issued orders barring flights to and from the nearby airport in El Paso, Texas, as well as southern New Mexico, citing “special security reasons.”
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The FAA lifted the restrictions over El Paso after a few hours early Wednesday but had kept the restrictions over New Mexico without explanation.
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“Southern New Mexicans and El Pasoans deserve answers and transparency,” said Representative Gabe Vasquez, a New Mexico Democrat.
The sudden closure of the nation’s 71st busiest airport by the FAA stranded air travelers and disrupted medical evacuation flights overnight. The 10-day shutdown would have been an unprecedented action involving a single airport.
The FAA did not immediately comment or say precisely when it had lifted the southern New Mexico flight ban.
The FAA had acted to halt flights in Texas because of safety concerns posed by the use of a military laser-based anti-drone system that posed unacceptable safety risks and had been used earlier, sources told Reuters.
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It is not clear what prompted the New Mexico closure.
Senator Ben Ray Lujan, a New Mexico Democrat, has called for a full briefing on what happened.
“The breakdown in communication between the FAA, local and state officials, and federal agencies is unacceptable and undermines the safety of our airspace,” Lujan said. “This incident raises serious concerns.”
Government and airline officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the FAA closed the airspace due to concerns that an Army laser-based counter-drone system could pose risks to air traffic that was used earlier by the Homeland Security Department.
The two agencies had planned to discuss the issue on February 20, but the Army opted to proceed with using the counter-drone system without FAA approval, sources said, which prompted the FAA to halt flights.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who oversees the FAA, said the closure had been prompted by a drone incursion by a Mexican drug cartel. However, a drone sighting near an airport would typically lead to a brief pause on traffic, not an extended closure. The Pentagon says there are more than 1,000 such incidents each month along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Reporting by David Shepardson, Editing by William Maclean
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