The Federal Aviation Administration did, too. The FAA halted flights, including at Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, after SpaceX confirmed that its Starship launch experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its ascent. Translation: The rocket blew up.

South Florida residents were shaken by the mid-air explosion of a SpaceX starship eight minutes into its test flight Thursday evening, causing debris that posed a threat to nearby airplanes and leading to flight stoppages in South Florida and the Caribbean.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students Mariah Davenport and her boyfriend, Dane Siler, were on a flight from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, to Chicago when they witnessed the unusual sight outside the plane window. Davenport, who recorded a video of the debris on her cellphone, said it looked like "something you'd see in a movie."