US lets flights resume at Texas's El Paso airport after brief security halt

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration lifted emergency flight restrictions that had barred all flights to and from Texas' El Paso International Airport, which borders Mexico, after warning flights could be cancelled for 10 days, citing "special security reasons."

The action barring flights at a single U.S. airport appears unprecedented, government officials said. After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the FAA barred all civilian flights across the United States for several days.

A U.S. official told Reuters Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace. The Pentagon took action to disable the drones and then the FAA and Pentagon determined there was no threat to commercial travel...