Caracas/Maiquetía airport suspends flights after 7.1 earthquake; Colombia temporarily takes over NOTAM for the Maiquetía FIR
A shallow 7.1-magnitude earthquake damaged Caracas’s Simón Bolívar International Airport and struck across Colombia and the Caribbean, forcing a suspension of all flight operations. Colombia’s civil aviation authority temporarily assumes NOTAM issuance and dissemination for the Maiquetía FIR after damage to Venezuela’s ATC/communications systems.