The FAA has ordered SpaceX to investigate what caused on of the company's Starships to explode over Turks and Caicos Thursday.

The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to investigate what went wrong on their respective

"During the event, the FAA activated a Debris Response Area and briefly slowed aircraft outside the area where space vehicle debris was falling or stopped aircraft at their departure location."

The Federal Aviation Administration told TechCrunch it had to "briefly" slow and divert a number of aircraft near the area where debris was seen falling

Hawaii and Texas residents showed up to an FAA meeting to oppose the SpaceX plan to increase the number of launches and landings per year.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has indicated that an oxygen or fuel leak above the ship engine firewall could have caused the spacecraft's breakup. He posted this theory on his social media platform X, where he also suggested adding fire suppression and possibly increasing vent area as possible solutions.

A SpaceX Starship rocket suffered a catastrophic failure minutes after launching from Texas, impacting Elon Musk's space exploration plans. The rocket broke up in space, causing airlines to reroute flights over the Gulf of Mexico.

The latest test of Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship, gargantuan next-generation megarocket, ended with the upper stage dramatically disintegrating over the Atlantic,forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris.

Disruption from increasing rocket launches is becoming a growing issue for commercial airlines