SampitA burnt aluminium plate up to 9 metres long crashed into a palm plantation, police say.
It landed about 3 kilometres from the housing complex of PT Agro Bukit’s plantation workers.
Indonesia’s research agency says the debris appears to come from China’s Zhuque-2E rocket, and heat-resistant parts can survive re-entry.
The debris caused no deaths or property damage, civil aviation spokesman Zachrudien said.
China’s space administration has not commented, and a second fragment found Tuesday awaits inspection.
How each outlet framed it
- Phys.org
- stresses that the 9-meter debris was found by a plantation worker and that no one was hurt, with BRIN assessing its origin
Sources: Phys.org