Debris from a suspected rocket launch has been discovered off the coast of a distant island within the Philippines.
Coastguards confirmed they’d received reports of wreckage found near the Balading settlement on Bisucay Islandoff the coast of Cuyo.
A response team was deployed at 6.46am local time on Wednesday to move the parts to the Coast Guard Station in Eastern Palawan.
The invention comes weeks after the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) warned debris from China’s Long March 12 rocket was more likely to fall into water off the coast of Puerto Princesa in Palawan.
The vehicle carrier rocket was last launched from Hainan Island on June 17.
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PhilSA said on the time it couldn’t rule out an uncontrolled descent and that there was a possibility pieces of debris could land on the bottom and even hit aircraft and buildings.
Details of the launch were shared between the 2 countries through a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) warning of an ‘aerospace flight activity’.
It’s unclear whether the recovered wreckage is from the Long March 12, or whether it got here from something else entirely.
Coast Guard District Palawan confirmed maritime authorities were examining the debris to find out its origin.
It added: ‘The Philippine Coast Guard assures the general public that appropriate safety measures are in place while the investigation is ongoing.
‘Further updates will likely be released as they turn into available.’
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