Evasive Maneuvers While it may have provided an eye-popping spectacle for spectators on the ground, the mid-flight explosion of SpaceX's Starship on Thursday evening posed a serious threat to nearby aircraft. As Reuters reports, the rocket's debris that rained down over the Caribbean forced airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to change course to avoid being struck by the fiery remains. The scale of the disruption wreaked is significant. The flight tracking website FlightRadar24 says that dozens of commercial flights — including passenger airliners from JetBlue and American Airlines, and cargo jets — either altered course or were diverted […]

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