US briefly halted west coast flights after North Korea missile test: FAA

"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 about the rare action.

But when asked about the North Korean launch and the airports, White House Spokesperson Jen Psaki replied:"I believe it was a 15 minute groundstop and they did it out of an abundance of caution."The shutdown appeared to have been ordered just minutes after the launch, which took place at around 2227 GMT Monday, or 5:27pm on the west coast Pacific Standard Time.

Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz said in a tweet that his flight in Reno, Nevada, just east of the border of northern California, was also held on the ground for about 20 minutes.

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