Pieces Of The Russian Cargo Crash Near Russia Are Now Being Investigated By Authorities

The authorities are now investigating the Russian Cargo after it exploded in the atmosphere. Some of the pieces landed near Russia's Siberian region of Tuva.

It has been previously reported that the Russian Cargo exploded while making its way to the International Space Station (ISS). Now, the authorities in Russia's Siberian region are investigating several parts of the progress cargo spaceship that have been found.

In a report by Space Daily, the herders found two pieces, including a large spherical object. They found these over the weekend. Also, another piece was found in the courtyard of a residential area. The regional head Sholban Karaa-ool warned people not to touch any of the metal debris.

Kara-ool posted on his official website that the Regional sanitation officials "inspected the spot where two pieces of the spacecraft were found in the Ulug-Khem district, on the side of the mountain and near a yurt. Another small piece was found in the yard of a house in the Eilig-Khem village. Compatriots, if you find metal objects, don't touch them."

A geochemist from the Moscow State University, who heads the environmental safety and laboratory studied previous crashes of Proton rockets, Tatyana Koroleva, said that there are no dangers from the fallen debris. This is mainly because if there are any chemicals, it would have been burned out in the atmosphere.

However, the main reason why the authorities warned people to stay away from the debris is to keep them from selling the parts of the metal. Tuva is mostly a Buddhist region in southern Siberia and is one of the poorest parts of Russia. Koroleva added to AFP that "That has happened before."

Meanwhile, the agency is currently investigating the probable reasons why there was a cargo crash. According to sources in the industry cited by the media in Russia, it may be the engine failure on the third-stage rocket, reported Phys.org.