US activates Pacific airspace, pushes LA flights away
Flights to and from the Los Angeles International Airport are forced to reroute over undisclosed US military activities in the Pacific Ocean.
Nighttime flights will avoid the skies over the Pacific Ocean just to the west of the LA airport for the days to come as the US military has activated airspace there, officials were quoted as saying by Reuters.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the military did not reveal the nature of the activities taking place near the second-busiest US airport.
Airplanes normally fly over the ocean when arriving and departing the coastal LA airport during the night to avoid disturbing nearby residents, airport officials said in a statement.
But the FAA has indicated that military airspace over that patch of ocean was activated beginning on Friday night and continuing through Thursday night, airport officials said.
As a result, the airport will need to deviate from normal flight patterns during the next six nights, the statement said.
US Missile Test
There are, meanwhile, other reports of US Navy test-firing an unarmed missile from a submarine off the coast of California.
The overnight missile launch sparked a buzz on social media as people as far away as Nevada and Arizona reported a streak of light in the sky.
A military spokesman has reportedly said the Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducted the missile test Saturday in the Pacific Test Range near Los Angeles.
Commander Ryan Perry said the launches are conducted frequently to ensure the continued reliability of the system and that information about such tests is classified. The streak of light led to a flurry of calls to law enforcement agencies, AP said.
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