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The Latest: FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas

El Paso Flights Grounded - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights to and from the airport.

The FAA announced in a social media post that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso, saying that there was no threat to commercial aviation and all flights would resume.

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