Huge pieces of a giant Chinese rocket Long March 5B fell on Indonesia and Malaysia - the inhabitants confused them with a meteor shower

China's giant Long March 5B rocket frightened residents of Malaysia and Indonesia, who confused the falling

Debris with a meteor shower.

What is known

The main stage of the Long March 5B weighed 25 tons.On July 30, debris from the rocket entered Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. During the fall, up to 40% of the hull burned down, but the size of the wreckage was still huge.

Dimensions of some pieces of Long March 5Bare 5 x 2 m. They are found by the inhabitants of Indonesia and Malaysia. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. At the same time, China officially hides the place where the fragments of the first stage of the rocket fell.

Note that such incidents in our timecan be called savagery. Uncontrolled falls of large rockets are rare. Now the overall main stages land in the ocean or on deserted islands.

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