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. The Federal Aviation Administration, responsible for the nation’s air traffic control system, said the ground stop was to err on the side of safety. “No warning was issued by NORAD HQ,” regarding a potential threat to the US, according to Captain Pamela Kunze, the chief NORAD spokesperson. The official says it was not a national ground stop and may have been issued by a regional air traffic control facility. By Oren Liebermann, Pete Muntean and Barbara Starr, CNN BusinessĪn unusual ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday.
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