Posted on 07/23/2014 9:05:24 PM PDT by kristinn
Press Release FAA StatementFAA Lifts Flight Restrictions for Ben Gurion International Airport
The FAA has lifted its restrictions on U.S. airline flights into and out of Israels Ben Gurion Airport by cancelling a Notice to Airmen it renewed earlier today. The cancellation is effective at approximately 11:45 p.m. EDT.
Before making this decision, the FAA worked with its U.S. government counterparts to assess the security situation in Israel and carefully reviewed both significant new information and measures the Government of Israel is taking to mitigate potential risks to civil aviation.
The FAAs primary mission and interest are the protection of people traveling on U.S. airlines. The agency will continue to closely monitor the very fluid situation around Ben Gurion Airport and will take additional actions, as necessary.
The FAA initially instituted the flight prohibition on Tuesday, July 22, in response to a rocket strike that landed approximately one mile from the airport.
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Where's the evidence of the ban being an entirely political decision?
An agency like this would not have reversed a decision like this - this quickly - without being forced to. There was pressure from ex-NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg and his grandstanding, and Secretary of State John Kerry flying to Tel Aviv to make his very public point. As I’m sure you know, the SOS serves at the pleasure of the President, so it’s also hard to believe obama/valjar didn’t play a role here as well. This had to be only the tip of the iceburg.
At the very least, the FAA should have waited for things to cool down to the point where another missle would be unlikely to make its way so close to the airport.
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