SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean

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SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean. SpaceX’s Elon Musk says preliminary indications are that leaking fuel built up pressure in the cavity above the engine firewall during Thursday’s launch. The resulting fire would have doomed the spacecraft. On Friday, federal aviation regulators ordered SpaceX to investigate what went wrong. The world’s biggest rocket launched from Texas on its seventh test flight. The booster made it back to the pad for a catch by giant mechanical arms. But communication was lost with the spacecraft.

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