The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted flights to several Florida airports Thursday night after a SpaceX Starship testing failure led to falling debris. The affected airports included Miami International Airport, as well as Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando airports.
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00:02The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted flights to several Florida airports
00:06Thursday night after a SpaceX Starship testing failure led to falling debris.
00:10The affected airports included Miami International Airport, as well as Fort Lauderdale,
00:14West Palm Beach, and Orlando airports.
00:17SpaceX reported that Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during ascent,
00:22causing communication loss.
00:24This marks the second Starship failure this year to disrupt commercial flights.
00:28SpaceX was allowed to proceed with the test flight despite an ongoing investigation
00:32into a prior mishap.
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