China says remnants of Long March rocket landed in Indian Ocean

Most of the debris was burnt up in the atmosphere.

BEIJING (Reuters): Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday (May 9), with the bulk of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, according to Chinese state media.

Parts of the Long March 5B rocket re-entered the atmosphere at 10.24am Beijing time (0224 GMT) and landed at a location with the coordinates at longitude 72.47 degrees east and latitude 2.65 degrees north, Chinese state media cited the China Manned Space Engineering Office as saying.