The failure of a SpaceX Starship test flight on Thursday scattered debris over parts of the Caribbean, prompting numerous flight diversions around Turks and Caicos and ground stops at four Florida airports.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued ground stops for flights departing for Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Palm Beach airports until 8 p.m. ET. Departures at those airports were being delayed by an average of 45 minutes due to the SpaceX incident, the FAA said.