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 Ocean.

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 said that generally speaking, customers understand the nature of the delays on the flight to Johannesburg.

Qantas has been forced to delay flights between Australia and South Africa, after the US government warned it about the trajectory of SpaceX rockets re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean.

Several Qantas flights between Sydney and Johannesburg have reportedly been delayed amid warnings of falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets. The Australian flag carrier was forced to react to US government advice regarding the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over an extensive part of the southern Indian Ocean.