A charred metallic fragment, suspected to be rocket debris, at an oil palm plantation in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan Province on Monday | AFP-JIJI
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Oct 20, 2026
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities were investigating Tuesday after a car-sized piece of debris, possibly from a Chinese rocket according to a government agency, crashed into a palm oil plantation near homes and work sites.
The debris was found on Monday morning by a plantation worker in Indonesian Borneo, after residents reported hearing a loud bang the previous evening over a remote area of Central Kalimantan Province.
“It was just there. At first, I thought it might have been aircraft debris,” Wardi Tamroni said of his discovery near the town of Sampit.
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Source: The Japan Times
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