Debris from SpaceX Starship rocket

Elon Musk's rocket jeopardized the safety of three passenger planes. The airliners narrowly avoided colliding with debris from SpaceX's Starship rocket. The rocket exploded eight minutes after launch, and the debris scattered across the sky. Over the course of 50 minutes, the debris fell in various areas of the Caribbean region. At that time, three planes were in the sky, carrying a total of about 450 people. A disaster was averted, according to declassified documents from the US Federal Aviation Administration.