Object that hit United flight's windshield may have been weather balloon, company says

A United Airlines flight was diverted to Salt Lake City after an object struck the plane's windshield at 36,000 feet, causing ...

A United plane that suffered a broken windshield while flying at 36,000 feet may have hit a weather balloon

A United Airlines jet's windscreen was cracked while flying at 36,000 feet, and images appeared to show the captain's forearm ...
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Weather balloon may have hit and cracked United flight's windshield

A United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City after the pilots discovered a crack in one of the layers of the ...
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United flight’s ‘space debris’ scare turns out to be weather balloon, probe finds

WindBorne Systems has confirmed that one of its weather balloons may have collided with United Flight 1093, cracking the ...

It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon

Scott Manley, a popular YouTube creator and pilot, was among the first people to speculate online about the collision being ...