Qantas Airways Ltd. has been forced to delay some flights between Australia and South Africa in recent weeks following a warning from the US government about SpaceX rocket debris reentering the Earth’s atmosphere over the Southern Indian Ocean.

Australian flag carrier Qantas has had to delay several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks on the U.S. government's advice regarding the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over a part of the southern Indian Ocean,

Qantas said that generally speaking, customers understand the nature of the delays on the flight to Johannesburg.

Qantas has been forced to delay flights between Australia and South Africa, after the US government warned it about the trajectory of SpaceX rockets re-entering the atmosphere in the southern Indian Ocean.

Qantas has delayed a number of flights between on its Sydney-Johannesburg route after concerns were raised around falling debris.

Qantas flights between Australia and Africa are being repeatedly delayed by falling space rocket debris. Travellers have been delayed repeatedly in recent weeks, as debris from SpaceX craft falls back to Earth over the southern Indian Ocean.

Qantas is asking Elon Musk's SpaceX to be more precise with the areas and timings for rocket re-entries to prevent disruption.

Falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is causing flights to be delayed across the world - Flights between Johannesburg and Sydney have been impacted, one airline said