Qantas has been forced to delay several flights between South Africa and Australia - some up to six hours - as debris from SpaceX rockets falls back to Earth over the southern Indian Ocean.

Qantas Airline flights have been delayed due to the risk posed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets during reentry over the Southern Indian Ocean.

Some flights are abruptly delayed due to falling debris from Elon Musk’s Space X rockets that are re-entering the earth, Qantas said. For weeks, the airline has been forced to postpone flights — for up to six hours — on the Sydney-Johannesburg route due to last-minute changes in both the timing and location of the re-entry of Space X rockets,