(Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. has been forced to delay some flights between Australia and South Africa in recent weeks following a warning from the US government about SpaceX rocket debris reentering the Earth’s atmosphere over the Southern Indian ...

When SpaceX tests its Starlink rockets, they end up falling into the Indian Ocean. A historic flight route has been disrupted several times as a result.

Australian flag carrier Qantas has had to delay several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks on the U.S. government's advice regarding the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over a part of the southern Indian Ocean,

Qantas has delayed several flights from Sydney to Johannesburg due to falling debris from SpaceX rockets as they re-enter the atmosphere.

Qantas flights between Australia and Africa are being repeatedly delayed by falling space rocket debris. Travellers have been delayed repeatedly in recent weeks, as debris from SpaceX craft falls back to Earth over the southern Indian Ocean.

Recent rocket launches have changed their timing at short notice, which in turn has forced Qantas to postpone flights right before departure.