Weather balloon launched in Washington strikes United Airlines flight, injures pilot

A United Airlines Boeing 737-8 diverted to Salt Lake City last month after striking a Washington-based weather balloon at ...

Weather balloon launched from Spokane collides with United flight, injures pilot

A weather balloon launched from Spokane in mid-October collided with a United passenger flight, shattering the plane's ...

From Palo Alto to Spokane to somewhere over Moab: the saga of a weather balloon that smashed a United Airlines window

Spokane has wound its way through the stratosphere into the national spotlight again. Quite literally. The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that a weather balloon launched by a ...

In October weather balloon strike, United pilots were showered with glass, probe shows

The pilots on a United Airlines jet struck by an apparent weather balloon during an October 16 flight near Moab, Utah were ...

NTSB report details midair collision with United flight, weather balloon over Utah

National Transportation Safety Board officials released harrowing details about the midair collision between a United flight and a weather balloon over Utah, leading to an emergency landing.