Several Venezuelan states late Sturday were rocked by at least seven explosions, and the sound of low-flying aircraft was heard in capital Caracas, as the government accused the U.S. of attacking civilian and military sites.
Pentagon referred requests for comment to the White House, which didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Authority has banned U.S. commercial flights in Venezuelan airspace over "ongoing military activity" ahead of explosions in Caracas.
The FAA’s warning, known as "Notice to Airmen," came shortly after one in the morning on the east coast of the U.S. It warned all commercial and private U.S. pilots that the airspace over Venezuela and the small island nation of Curacao, just off the coast of the country to the north, was off-limits "due to safety-of-flight risks associated with ongoing military activity."
The warnings are designed to alert pilots to a variety of dangers.
