The scene on the launch pad for the seventh test flight of Space X Starship in Boca Chica, Texas, USA
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After the launch of SpaceX’s Starship, many commercial flights were diverted or delayed The rocket disintegrated The seventh flight test will take place on Thursday.
Dozens of flights were affected, according to flight tracker Flightradar24.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it “briefly slowed the aircraft and changed its course near the area where the rocket Starship debris fell” after warning pilots about the “hazardous area for falling debris from the rocket Starship.”
The rocket took off from the SpaceX facility near Brownsville, Texas, shortly after 5:30 p.m. ET, heading east from Texas. The matter was dismissed, with SpaceX saying on X that it would “continue to review data from today’s flight test to better understand the root cause.”
A spokesperson for the FAA told CNBC that the agency has not received any reports of injuries, deaths or property damage from the Starship wreckage.
one JetBlue Airways A flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to San Juan, Puerto Rico, was diverted back to Fort Lauderdale after nearly two hours in the air, according to FlightAware, another flight tracking website. JetBlue did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Other flights near Turks and Caicos Islands include fedex A cargo plane appeared to turn around, while a Spirit Airlines plane also changed course, according to flight tracking data.
The airlines and SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the outage.
one American Airlines The spokesman said the airline had made fewer than 10 diversions due to the problem.
airlines and other commercial flights as well as private jets, Fighting for airspaceEspecially in the congested areas around Florida.
— CNBC’s Michael Sheetz contributed to this report.
