‘Extreme safety risk’ warning from FAA after THREE passenger jets in panic to avoid Musk rocket explosion

A SpaceX test flight that was ‘destroyed’ less than ten minutes after launch in January put several passenger jets flying over the Caribbean in serious danger.

The seventh uncrewed Starship test flight was CEO Elon Musk’s latest attempt to make life on Mars a reality and comes days before President Donald Trump creates the Department of Government Efficiency in his White House.

Federal Aviation Administration documents now show the collateral hazard the explosion caused to three flights that evening; this included a JetBlue trip to San Juan, whose crew was told the trip could only be made ‘at your own risk.’

These risks included the possibility that debris would scatter from the sky across the Caribbean for almost an hour.

After the explosion, a controller had to intervene as the two planes flew very close to each other.

The three planes were carrying a total of 450 people and luckily they were able to land safely after declaring a fuel emergency and passing through the temporary no-fly zone. WSJ reported.

Additionally, the FAA alleged that SpaceX did not promptly call the official hotline required in case of any disruption in notifying air traffic controllers.

In Miami, controllers only heard about debris from the explosion because the pilots had to pass through it.

The seventh uncrewed Starship test flight was CEO Elon Musk’s latest attempt to make life on Mars a reality.

The FAA began studying how to better deal with potential debris from explosions in February and became more determined after a SpaceX test vehicle exploded again in March.

But the review ended in March with the claim that the FAA’s recommendations had already been implemented and that he needed to go outside the U.S. to consult with other experts.

“The FAA will not hesitate to take action if additional security measures are necessary,” the statement said.

They will need to be active, as the agency says it wants to do 200 to 400 rocket launches per year in the future; Many of these could be powered by Musk’s SpaceX Starship, a 120-foot rocket described as the most powerful ever developed.

While SpaceX declined to comment, a JetBlue spokesman said the airline made sure flights avoided areas where debris had been seen.

The next-generation ship took off from Texas in January and flew successfully for nearly eight minutes, with crews capturing a second breathtaking thruster before contact was lost.

Officials confirmed that the spacecraft was destroyed.

‘Starship suffered a rapid, unplanned disintegration during the ascension burn. SpaceX said teams will continue to review data from today’s flight test to better understand the root cause. Published on X

“Every Starship launch is one step closer to Mars,” Musk said in a statement before takeoff, and he hopes his ships will be the first ships to launch humanity into life on Mars.

The next-generation ship was launched from Texas in January and successfully flew for nearly eight minutes with crews capturing a second breathtaking thruster before contact was lost.

The Federal Aviation Administration now indicates the collateral hazard the explosion caused to three flights that evening; this included a JetBlue trip to San Juan, whose crew was told it could only be taken ‘at your own risk’.

‘Success in a test like this comes from what we learn, and today’s flight will help us improve Starship’s reliability.’

The debris, whose relationship to the spacecraft is unclear, was caught on camera flying across the Caribbean just minutes after the flight test.

In his statement before takeoff, Musk said, “Every Starship launch is one step closer to Mars,” and he hopes his ships will be the first ships to launch humanity to life on Mars.

SpaceX said the test flight on the X included ‘significant upgrades’.

The new Starship has been fitted into a taller ship, now standing at 403 feet, with approximately 300 tons more propellant than the last test flight ship, with additional upgrades for ‘reliability and performance’.

SpaceX announced ‘hardware upgrades to the launch and capture tower to improve the reliability of booster capture’, including improvements to sensor protections on the rods that were damaged during the last launch.

Along with a redesigned upper stage propulsion system that can carry 25 percent more fuel, there are also thinner, repositioned front wings to reduce heat exposure during re-entry.

The company also added ten dummy satellites the same size as SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites to be sent into space. They would follow the same flight path as the spacecraft and would be destroyed upon entry.

The post stated that the flight ‘set out to attempt Starship’s first payload test, fly multiple reentry experiments to capture and reuse the ship, and launch and return the Super Heavy booster.’

‘Today’s flight test will launch a next-generation ship with significant upgrades, attempt Starship’s first payload test, fly multiple reentry experiments to capture and reuse the ship, and launch and return the Super Heavy booster.’

SpaceX’s last successful launch occurred during its fifth flight test in October. The sixth, witnessed by President-elect Trump in November, made a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.