Dozens of flights diverted, delayed after FAA warned of SpaceX rocket debris

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By Leslie Josephs,CNBC • Published 6 mins ago



Dozens of flights diverted or were delayed after SpaceX's Starship rocket broke up.
The FAA warned pilots about a "dangerous area for falling debris of rocket Starship."

View of Space X's Starship on the launch pad for its seventh test flight, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S.
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View of Space X's Starship on the launch pad for its seventh test flight, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S.

Several commercial flights were diverted or delayed after SpaceX's Starship rocket broke up during its seventh flight test on Thursday.

Dozens of flights were affected, according to flight-tracker Flightradar24.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it "briefly slowed and diverted aircraft around the area where space vehicle debris was falling" after it issued a warning to pilots about "dangerous area for falling debris of rocket Starship."

The rocket took off from SpaceX's facility near Brownsville, Texas, shortly after 5:30 p.m. ET, and was headed east from Texas. It broke up and SpaceX said on X that it will "continue to review data from today's flight test to better understand root cause."....................

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SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship and booster separate during a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.