A rogue weather balloon was revealed in a new report to be the mystery object that smashed into a United Airlines jet last ...
A United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City last week after the pilots discovered a crack in one of the layers of the windshield, and a weather balloon may have been what caused the crack, ...
(AP) - A United Airlines plane appears to have collided with a weather balloon while cruising over Utah at 36,000 feet last week, fracturing layers of its windshield and forcing an emergency landing.
The mysterious impact of a United Airlines aircraft in flight last week has sparked plenty of theories as to its cause, from space debris to high-flying birds. However the question of what happened to ...
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Weather balloon blamed for causing plane’s windshield crack at 36,000 feet and forcing emergency landing
Experts say a United Airlines jet whose windshield cracked open at 36,000 feet was likely hit by a weather balloon. The plane had originally taken off from an airport in Denver on Thursday night ...
Plane Hits Weather Balloon FILE - The United Airlines logo can be seen on a rope line at O'Hare International Airport, May 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File ...
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