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Three top Democratic congressmen say they were stunned when they were officially notified about the latest drone incident.
Quote, our heads are exploding over the news, the lawmakers said in a statement.
It's the second time in two weeks that a high-energy anti-drone laser has been fired in the area.
Last time, the FAA briefly shut down the airspace around El Paso.
This time, the FAA closed a smaller area around Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso, and no commercial flights were affected.
In an unusual joint statement, the Pentagon, the FAA, and Customs and Border Protection said they're, quote, working together in an unprecedented fashion, unquote.
while also trying to increase cooperation and communication in the future.
Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
Three top Democratic congressmen say they were stunned when they were officially notified about the latest drone incident.
Quote, our heads are exploding over the news, the lawmakers said in a statement.
It's the second time in two weeks that a high-energy anti-drone laser has been fired in the area.
Last time, the FAA briefly shut down the airspace around El Paso.
This time, the FAA closed a smaller area around Fort Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso, and no commercial flights were affected.
In an unusual joint statement, the Pentagon, the FAA and Customs and Border Protection said they're, quote, working together in an unprecedented fashion, unquote, while also trying to increase cooperation and communication in the future.
Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
The GOP committee chairs in the House have their own bipartisan safety bill that they are pushing.
But it does not have the backing of safety investigators at the NTSB who say it would not go far enough to close loopholes and to truly require this safety technology everywhere that it needs to be.
The Rotaract sponsors say they will keep pushing for another vote in the House.
They note that a significant majority...