From MSNBC.COM: 

Space fireball just misses jetliner

Was it satellite debris or meteor? Aviation authorities debate incident

SANTIAGO, Chile - Pilots of a Chilean commercial aircraft approaching the Auckland airport in New Zealand said they spotted flaming space debris falling past their jet, the LAN Chile airline reported Wednesday.

The airline said in a brief communique that the pilot, who was not identified, “made visual contact with incandescent fragments several kilometers away” on Monday.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on its Web site that pieces of a Russian satellite had narrowly missed the jet. It quoted New Zealand aviation authorities as saying that they had been warned by Russian officials two weeks ago that orbiting debris would be entering the atmosphere, but that the Russians had apparently miscalculated the entry time.

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