On the evening of July 17, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Notice to Airman (NOTAM) prohibiting U.S. flight operations until further notice, in the airspace over eastern Ukraine, due to recent events and the potential for continued hazardous activities. The restricted area includes the entire Simferopol and Dnepropetrovsk flight information regions (FIRs). This action expands a prohibition of U.S. flight operations issued by the FAA in April, over the Crimean region of Ukraine and adjacent areas of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. No scheduled U.S. airlines are currently flying routes through this airspace.

The NOTAM reads:

FDC 4/2182(A0025/14)nullAIRSPACE SPECIAL NOTICE UKRAINEPOTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION -SIMFEROPOL (UKFV) ANDDNEPROPETROVSK (UKDV) FLIGHT INFORMATION REGIONS (FIR)

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, DUE TO RECENT EVENTS, ALL FLIGHT OPERATIONS BYUNITED STATES (U.S.) OPERATORS WITHIN THE SIMFEROPOL (UKFV) ANDDNEPROPETROVSK (UKDV) FIRS ARE PROHIBITED. EVENTS HAVE INDICATED THEPOTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES. THIS ACTION EXPANDS APROHIBITION OF U.S. FLIGHT OPERATIONS ISSUED BY THE FAA INITIALLY ASA NOTAM ON APRIL 3, 2014, AND LATER AS SFAR NO. 113 OVER THE CRIMEANREGION OF UKRAINE AND ADJACENT AREAS OF THE BLACK SEA AND THE SEA OFAZOV.THE PROHIBITIONS DESCRIBED IN THE SPECIFIED AIRSPACE CONTAINED INTHIS NOTAM AND THE ASSOCIATED JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS SPECIAL NOTICEWILL BE RE-EVALUATED BY 31 OCT 2014. 18 JUL 00:30 2014 UNTIL 1410312359. CREATED:18 JUL 00:41 2014

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