The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued five advisories this Friday warning US air operators of a “potentially dangerous situation” in airspace over the Pacific, ranging from Mexico to Ecuador, passing through Colombia and Central America, “due to military activities” and possible interference in navigation systems.
The notifications, which will be in force for 60 days (until March) recommend companies and pilots to take extreme precautions “when operating in the maritime zones over the Pacific Ocean” in the flight information regions in the Gulf of California in Mexico (MMFR), Central America (MHTG), Panama (MPZL), Bogota (SPOON) y Guayaquil (SEFG).
The writings explain that “Due to military activities and GNSS (global navigation satellite system) interference, there are potential risks to aircraft at all altitudes, including overflight and the arrival and departure phases of the flight.”.
The warning appears to point to the possibility of US military aircraft operating without prior notification or with their transponders disabled in these two flight information regions.
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The US maintains a naval contingent deployed in the Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Spear, through which Washington has also summarily destroyed alleged drug trafficking boats sailing in the eastern Pacific not far from the Colombian coast.
That same contingent was the one that supported the operation Absolute resolutionthrough which the US Army arrested the then Venezuelan president on January 3, Nicolas Maduroin Caracas.