Air traffic controllers rush to divert aircraft after Elon Musk’s rocket explodes

Starship lifts off from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Minutes after launching, it exploded, spreading debris across the Caribbean. Eric Gay/AP

Eric Gay/AP

Flights across the Caribbean were hastily diverted on Thursday following the explosion of a rocket built by Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX. The chaos was revealed in flight tracking data and audio exchanges between pilots and air traffic control, as reviewed by NPR.

Audio from LiveATC.net showed confusion in the moments after the giant Starship rocket exploded.

“Just got a major streak going from at least 60 miles with all these different colors,” one unidentified

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