The FAA insists the move was merely precautionary and committed to investigating the incident, as it does all the others.Įvidently, both missiles appeared to originate from the Jagang Province on the country’s east coast. Since California sits closest to North Korea, the shutdown is common practice in that area of the country. It happened around the same time of North Korea&039 s latest ballistic missile launch. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, this ballistic missile seemed “more advanced” than the first. Questions are being raised about why the FAA ordered a 'ground stop' for some West Coast airports on Monday. The country claims to have had a successful hypersonic missile launch on January 5. The United States briefly halted some flights on its west coast after North Korea test-launched a ballistic missile, its second weapons test in less than a week, officials said Tuesday The launch traveled 435 miles at about 10 times the speed of sound and was allegedly the second one from North Korea in less than a week. Although the US military’s Indopacific Command stated there was no immediate threat to the US or its allies, radio transmissions allegedly suggested the launch posed a “national security threat.” The grounding only lasted about 15 minutes. In fact, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) temporarily grounded West Coast flights on January 10 in response to the secretive country firing a ballistic missile eastward.
Staff writer Hunter Lee contributed to this report.() – North Korea seems to be advancing its weapons program at an increased rate, causing concerns around the globe. North Korea is not publicly known to have deployed a reliable long-range missile with a reliable capability to reach the West Coast, officials have told CNN in the past, though North Korea has continued to develop their program including progress on their long-range ballistic missiles. US Strategic Command and NORAD uses satellites and radar to track every missile launch around the globe and are able to quickly assess whether a launch poses a threat to the United States. North Korea conducted what is thought to be a ballistic missile test around 07:27 am local time Tuesday, the missile was launched from inland and traveled east and falling into the sea. It is not clear why the ground stop was put in place because a statement from US Forces Korea said the test posed no threat to US or South Korean territory or military personnel, but “the missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of (North Korea’s) illicit weapons program.” Other West Coast airports contacted by CNN said they were unaware of the order. WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that it briefly paused departures at some West Coast airports Monday evening, a precaution that occurred near the same time as a North. The FAA did not provide a reason for the ground stop order at the time, which is a common practice, Sugars said.Īnother recording of the control tower frequency in Hillsboro, Oregon, captures the controller telling the pilot of a Cessna to land, saying “we just got a notice that we need to do a national ground stop.”Ī spokesperson for the San Diego International Airport told CNN the airport “was instructed by Air Traffic Control that there was a national ground stop but shortly after (5-7 minutes) our operations team was told it was lifted.” “And it lasted less than 15 minutes.”īecause the stop was so brief it didn’t impact operations, except for a few minor flight delays, according to Sugars. “We received the order for the ground stop around 2:30 p.m.,” said Nerissa Sugars, a spokesperson for Burbank Airport. The message we got is it’s until further notice.” LiveATC air traffic control recordings of the Burbank Airport in California detail a controller telling a Southwest flight “there’s ground stops all departures, all airports right now. The standard practice is for FAA to have a constant liaison in the NORAD ops center, therefore would have been aware of the quick assessment. The NORAD spokeswoman said the normal sequence following the launch was followed: The missile launch was detected, and it was assessed not to be a threat to the continental United States. We are reviewing the process around this ground stop as we do after all such events.” The FAA regularly takes precautionary measures. “Full operations resumed in less than 15 minutes. “As a matter of precaution, the FAA temporarily paused departures at some airports along the West Coast on Monday evening,” the FAA said in a statement.
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