SpaceX debris streaks across sky Why you can trust Sky News An investigation has been launched into Elon Musk's explosive Starship test flight that forced dozens of planes to divert on Thursday. The Space X rocket blew up in space over the Bahamas about eight minutes after take-off in Texas. Blazing debris was sent miles across the sky over the Turks and Caicos, a British Overseas Territory. Glowing orange shards from the explosion broke the sound barrier as they plummeted through the atmosphere, sending booms thundering across parts of the islands, according to seismic ground sensor data. Image: SpaceX's Starship launched a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Pic: AP "Preliminary indication is that we had an oxygen/fuel leak in the cavity above the ship engine firewall that was large enough to build pressure in excess of the vent capacity," SpaceX owner Mr Musk posted on X after the launch. The company said in a statement that a fire developed when the second stage of the rocket separated from its booster. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it will oversee an investigation by SpaceX into the dramatic rocket launch. "There are no reports of public injury, and the FAA is working with SpaceX and appropriate authorities to confirm reports of public property damage on Turks and Caicos," said the FAA. Tracking app FlightRadar24 said its most-watched flights on Thursday evening after the "rapid unscheduled disassembly", as SpaceX called it, were those holding or diverting over the Caribbean, trying to avoid the falling debris.