"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:
The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.

"Dan Luke" wrote:
How did he see stuff behind him?

In his rear view mirror, of course!
;-)