“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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