Near Miss: Indonesia Probes Crash of Suspected Chinese Rocket Fragment
BRIN said the charred fragment appeared to come from a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket after a launch that sent 10 satellites into orbit.
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Indonesia is urgently investigating two large metal fragments that fell into an oil palm plantation in Kalimantan province. Indonesian research agencies initially believe they are debris from a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.
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The Straits TimesNear miss: Indonesia probes crash of suspected Chinese rocket fragment
The debris was found on Monday morning by a plantation worker in Indonesian Borneo, after residents reported hearing a loud bang the previous evening over a remote area of Central Kalimantan province. "It was just there. At first, I thought it might have been aircraft debris," Wardi Tamroni told AFP of his discovery near the town of Sampit. Wardi, 51, said the object had crashed about three kilometres (1.9 miles) from the housing complex of the …
Indonesia investigates crash of suspected Chinese rocket fragment
The debris was found on Monday morning by a plantation worker in Indonesian Borneo, after residents reported hearing a loud bang the previous evening over a remote area of Central Kalimantan province. "It was just there. At first, I thought it might have been aircraft debris," Wardi Tamroni told AFP of his discovery near the town of Sampit. Wardi, 51, said the object had crashed about three kilometres (1.9 miles) from the housing complex of the …
Indonesian authorities were investigating on October 20th the incident in which a piece of metal debris the size of a car, believed to be a part of a Chinese missile, fell near the residential and work areas of a plantation.
Car-sized: Indonesia investigates crash of suspected Chinese rocket fragment
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