Several Spanish airports have closed their airspace because of an out-of-control Chinese rocket, measuring over 20 tonnes, which is due to crash on Earth.

Delays at Barcelona airport are expected to last all day on Friday while flights between Balearics and the UK are believed to be the worst affected.

Flights into and out of Tarragona, Ibiza and Reus are known to have been grounded with reports that other regions, including La Rioja and Castilla and Leon, have also been affected. The airport in Marseille, France, has also been put on high alert.

The measure is expected to last around 40 minutes, although local reports say places like Ibiza could be affected for up to three hours.

A spokesman for Catalonia’s Civil Protection Agency confirmed: “Due to the risk associated with the passage of the CZ-5B space object crossing Spanish airspace, flights have been completely restricted from 9.38am to 10.18am in Catalonia and other communities. Airports and other organisations have already been informed.”

Spanish air traffic controllers tweeted: “Eurocontrol has informed us about the non-controlled re-entry of a Chinese rocket into the Earth’s atmosphere...Rate Zero has been established for certain parts of Spanish airspace and that could affect air traffic by way of delays and diversions.”

The rocket was scheduled to enter the Earth's atmosphere in the early hours of Saturday, but the impact has been advanced to this Friday before 12:30 noon.

The booster is speeding around the globe at 17,500 miles per hour and the difference of even a few minutes would shift where it lands by hundreds of miles.

The Long March 5B (CZ-5B), China's most powerful rocket, blasted off on October 31 from southern China to deliver the Mengtian laboratory cabin module to the Chinese space station under construction. The module, which weighs over 20 tonnes, is part of China's ambitious space plan to create its own International Space Station.

The rocket is the fourth flight of the Long March 5B since its maiden launch in May 2020. On its first deployment, fragments of the rocket landed on the Ivory Coast, damaging several buildings in that West African nation, though no injuries were reported.

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Made in china go put this earth for wahala

When the made in China fails...

ObaOfYorubaLand:
Made in china go put this earth for wahala

At least they made the rocket by themselves
What are Nigeria known for?
Still in 13 century fighting war of conquest

dawnomike:
When the made in China fails...

ObaOfYorubaLand:
Made in china go put this earth for wahala

"made in China", really? These dudes are building their 100% own International Space Station! Not even USA or Russia has their own independent ISS.
China deployed 5G technology commercially ahead of other nations. We really need to let go of this "made in China" mentality. Most especially when every home in Nigeria is littered with made in China products