Qantas has been forced to delay flights between Australia and South Africa after the US government warned about the risk of SpaceX rocket parts re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean. The airline has postponed several flights over the past few weeks, with delays lasting between one and six hours. Qantas says the unpredictable timings of SpaceX rocket re-entries have caused disruption.
A Space X Falcon Heavy rocket: Qantas has been forced to delay flights after the US government warned about the risk of SpaceX rocket parts re-entering the atmosphere. Photograph: Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA Qantas has been forced to delay flights between Australia and South Africa after the US government warned the airline about the risk of SpaceX rocket parts re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean.
He added: “We’re in contact with SpaceX to see if they can refine the areas and time windows for the rocket re-entries to minimise future disruption to our passengers on the route.”Few airlines fly across the remote southern Indian Ocean, but Qantas has operated the South Africa-to-Australia service – known as the Wallaby route – since the early 1950s.
The Federal Aviation Administration, the US regulator, licenses all commercial space rocket launches and re-entries within the US, as well as those conducted by American companies abroad.
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