Flights delayed up to six hours due to SpaceX rocket activity

By Peter Cordi

Published January 14, 2025 3:35pm ET

Several Qantas Airline flights have been delayed over the last few weeks due to SpaceX rocket activity.

Some flights between Johannesburg, South Africa, and Sydney, Australia, have been delayed as long as six hours after receiving a warning from the U.S. government “regarding the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over an extensive area of the Southern Indian Ocean.”