US Planes Grounded After North Korea Launches Missile
11th January 2022
A reasonable precaution until the Powers That Be determine where it was headed. If we need to trigger our ballistic missile defense system, minimizing the number of Innocent Bystanders is alway a good idea.
Which agency ordered the ground stop remains a mystery. North American Aerospace Defense Command spokeswoman Pamela Kunze told CNN on Tuesday that the order was not national and that a regional air traffic control facility might have issued the ground stop.
That statement contradicts what airport officials and pilots heard at the time, sources reported.
San Diego International Airport spokeswoman Sabrina LoPiccolo told Newsweek that air traffic controllers informed airport officials of a national ground stop order at about 2:30 p.m.
“We really don’t have any more details,” LoPiccolo said.
CNN reported that an air traffic controller cited “a national ground stop” in ordering a Cessna pilot to land.