Flights Restricted Over Ferguson: US Federal Aviation Administration

MOSCOW, November 25 (Sputnik) — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a flight restriction over the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, where major protests are taking place over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an African-American teenager in August.

"Due to reports from law enforcement of gunshots fired into the sky the Federal Aviation Administration activated a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over Ferguson, Missouri," the FAA said in a statement.

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The flight ban "prevents approaches to Runways 29, 30-Left and 30-Right. Due to winds, commercial aircraft are unable to land on other runways," the statement read.

Departing flights are unaffected by the ban, the FAA said, but ten inbound flights have been redirected to other airports.

Major protests erupted in Ferguson late Monday when a grand jury found white police officer Darren Wilson not guilty in the death of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown, who he fatally shot in August.

Brown’s shooting triggered massive protests against police brutality in Ferguson and around the country, and was followed by violent clashes between protesters and police officers in Ferguson in August, leading Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to declare a state of emergency, while the FAA implemented a no-fly zone.