India, Feb. 11 -- The United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly shut the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, only hours after announcing a 10-day shutdown that would have halted all arrivals and departures.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X that the FAA and the Defense Department "acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region", AP reported.

He added that normal flight operations were resuming Wednesday morning.

In a social media update, the Federal Aviation Administration said it had lifted the temporary closure over El Paso, adding that there was no threat to c...