Ethiopia: No Recent FAA Warning for Flights in or Out of Ethiopia - U.S. Embassy

In response to the recent report first published by the US-based newspaper, The Washington Post, the US Embassy in Ethiopia said that there has been no recent Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) warning for flights in or out of Ethiopia.

After Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in Eastern Ukraine on July 17, the newspaper, based in the US capital, reported that the Federal Aviation Administration expanded an existing regulation that prohibited certain flights from operating in the region. The FAA regularly issues airspace restrictions and prohibitions for US aircrafts traveling through potentially hostile airspace, The Washington Post wrote.

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