Credit: Reuters The rocket crash landed off Mexico's western coast China's space agency confirm the dodgy space craft landed in waters off Mexico's west coast, with most of it burning up during re-entry. A US Space Command spokesperson confirmed the Chinese plummeting shuttle entered the atmosphere over the south Pacific Ocean at 10:01 local time. The USSC told people to refer to China's national space agency for more information. It comes as airports across Spain were shut down on Friday and hundreds of flights grounded over fears of an incoming debris from a Chinese rocket re-entering Earth. Spanish Air Force was scrambled while European space authorities and Spanish air traffic controllers monitored the 21-ton space junk's trajectory as it passed over the country. Spanish air traffic controllers had warned the country's air space would be shut while officials tried to pinpoint the rocket and monitor if it would break up over the country and potentially rain junk on the ground below. "It will take some time for normality to return following the delays. For security reasons it must be done progressively, " authorities tweeted. 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){kind=link}
AN out-of-control 21-ton Chinese space rocket has crash-landed on Earth after forcing airports across Europe to close.
The CZ5B rocket – which had been expected to crash near Spain – ended up in the North Pacific Ocean.
China’s space agency confirmed the dodgy Long March 5B re-entered Earth’s atmosphere at 6pm Beijing time.
China Manned Space said most of the craft burnt-up on re-entry with the rest crash-landing in waters off Mexico’s west coast.
It comes as airports across Spain were shut down on Friday and hundreds of flights grounded over fears of an incoming debris from a Chinese rocket re-entering Earth.