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FORMER civil aviation director general Ramesh Lutchmedial says the decision by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to warn US airlines about a “potentially hazardous situation” when flying over Venezuela is a normal precaution when it comes to potential conflict situations.

But Lutchmedial, a Newsday columnist, said the decision does not imply that some form of military conflict in Venezuela could be imminent.

In a notice on November 21, the FAA spoke about what it called the “worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around Venezuela.”