FAA briefly stops flights to Florida airports after SpaceX failure

Federal Aviation Administration briefly stopped flights to several Florida airports on Thursday night after Spacex Starship Testing Tasting.

The incident means the second time this year that SpaceX has failed During the flight test Starship, which led to the debris, it was raining and commercial flights tore.

Affected airports included Miami International Airport, which is US Airlines Hub and airports serving Fort -Lodard, West Palm Bich and Orlando, Florida.

The regulator noted that in a Thursday’s statement, it requires SpaceX “to investigate the failure of the Starship car during the launch of March 6”.

During the event, according to the FAA, he “activated the area of ​​garbage and briefly slowed planes outside the area where space vehicles dropped or stopped the planes at the departure.

SpaceX said in a message on X on the night of Thursday: “During the ascence Burn, the vehicle survived a quick disassembly, and the contact was lost. Our team immediately started coordinating with security officials to implement pre -planned emergency answers.”

Aerospace and defensive contractor led by Elon Musk also said he plans to “revise data from today’s flight to better understand” the root cause of failure.

The star flew out of the company’s space port near Bransville, Texas, at 6:30 pm ET for eighth test flight.

Lively showing the test flight, several engines appear to be cut when the Starship car was still rising. Then the company lost communication with the spacecraft, but was able to successfully use the weapon its starting tower to catch a super heavy rocket amplifier.

January 16 were dozens of flights rejected Once the Spacex rocket has broken up, and FAA warned that the “garbage of space vehicles” is falling. The regulator warned the pilots about “a dangerous area for driving a rocket star.”

Commercial airlines, private planes and space industry Lose for air spaceEspecially in the congested area from Florida.

SpaceX worked on an unhappy investigation of what caused the previous incident, but FAA allowed to continue the eighth test flight before completing the investigation.

SpaceX did not immediately respond to the request for more information.

The highest and most powerful missile, if -neither launched, Starship is crucial for SpaceX ambition. When it is stacked on the super -the rolling boosters, Starship is 403 feet and is about 30 feet in diameter.

Spacex founder Musk is also a senior Trump adviser who instructed the president to make extensive cuts in government agencies. Its achievement in the regulatory authorities, including FAA, provoked criticism and concern about democratic legislators who are concerned about conflicts, security risks and more.