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NTSB Report Confirms United Boeing 737 Collided With Weather Balloon At 36,000 Feet

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  • November 23, 2025
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The impact showered both pilots with glass after smashing the cockpit windshield.

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NTSB Report Confirms United Boeing 737 Collided With Weather Balloon At 36,000 Feet

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  • November 23, 2025
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The impact showered both pilots with glass after smashing the cockpit windshield.

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Weather Balloon Company Believes Its Product Struck United Airlines Jet

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  • October 21, 2025
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WindBorne Systems says one of its weather balloons likely caused the FOD strike that cracked a United Airlines 737 MAX 8’s windshield.

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A Brief History Of 19th Century High-Altitude Balloon Flights & Their Roles In Weather Forecasting

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  • October 11, 2024
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Victorians floated as high as 37,000 feet in a balloon to pioneer meteorology so that weather could be understood and forecasted.

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Spirit Airlines Adds Flights From Dallas & Los Angeles To Albuquerque For Balloon Fiesta

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  • September 9, 2024
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The festival will occur for nine days at the beginning of October.

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Balloon Wars: How The Koreas Are Engaging In A Trash Balloon Exchange

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  • June 9, 2024
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The two Koreas are engaging in a “balloon war,” with one sending trash and the other exchanging propaganda and medicine.

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Did You Know The First Powered Lighter-Than-Air Flight Was 51 Years Before The Wright Brothers?

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  • April 7, 2024
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The Giffard Airship was the first full-scale airship to demonstrate powered and controllable flight over Paris.

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Something New: Could 600-Ton Capacity Cargo Airships Became Reality?

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  • March 18, 2024
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Aerosmena’s 600-tonne capacity airship is perhaps the largest of several heavy-lift airships under development.

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120 Years Before The Wright Brothers: The Story Of The World’s First Balloon Flight

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  • March 6, 2024
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The first lighter-than-air crewed flight took place in France long before the Wright brothers’ famous first flight.

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