![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/spanish-airports-close-due-to-out-of-control-chinese-space-rocket/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2_China-Sends-Lab-Module-Mengtian-Into-Space.jpg&description=Spanish air traffic controllers tweeted: 'Eurocontrol has informed us about the non-controlled re-entry of a Chinese rocket into the Earth's atmosphere"Spacecraft Launch Site in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China Several Spanish airports have closed their airspace because of an out-of-control Chinese rocket which is due to crash on Earth. Flights into and out of Barcelona, Tarragona, Ibiza and Reus are known to have been grounded with reports that other regions including La Rioja and Castilla and Leon have also been affected. The measure is expected to last around 40 minutes, although local reports say places like Ibiza could be affected for up to three hours. 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 9.38 am to 10.18 am in Catalonia and other communities. People watch as a rocket blasts off from the Wencheng Spacecraft Launch Site in China ( China News Service via Getty Ima) 'Airports and other organisations have already been informed.' The roughly 25-ton rocket launched on October 31 to deliver the Mengtian laboratory cabin module to the Tiangong space station and is predicted to reenter Earth's atmosphere on Saturday. Spanish air traffic controllers tweeted: 'Eurocontrol has informed us about the non-controlled re-entry of a Chinese rocket into the Earth's atmosphere. 'Rate Zero has been established for certain parts of Spanish airspace and that could affect air traffic by way of delays and diversions.' Some air passengers are understood to have been informed about the Spanish airspace closures after they had already boarded for take-off. The rocket 'is designed with special technology; most of the components will burn up and be destroyed during the re-entry process, and the probability of causing harm to aviation activities and on the ground is extremely low,' Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman){kind=link}
Spanish air traffic controllers tweeted: “Eurocontrol has informed us about the non-controlled re-entry of a Chinese rocket into the Earth’s atmosphere”
Several Spanish airports have closed their airspace because of an out-of-control Chinese rocket which is due to crash on Earth.
Flights into and out of Barcelona, Tarragona, Ibiza and Reus are known to have been grounded with reports that other regions including La Rioja and Castilla and Leon have also been affected.
The measure is expected to last around 40 minutes, although local reports say places like Ibiza could be affected for up to three hours.
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 9.38 am to 10.18 am in Catalonia and other communities.