LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Weather balloons play a crucial role in helping meteorologists gather detailed information about our atmosphere. They are launched twice daily from nearly 900 sites worldwide, ...

WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that a weather balloon may be responsible for cracking the windshield of a United Airlines jet at 36,000 feet, prompting an ...

A Silicon Valley company said one of its weather balloons may have been responsible for a midair incident that forced a United Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City last week.

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. A rare ...

The balloon company has implemented new safety measures to prevent future aircraft-balloon incidents Two pilots ended up being covered in glass after a passenger jet collided with an apparent weather ...

Students from Piedmont Elementary School launched a weather balloon on Friday afternoon. “This is one of the biggest highlights of the year for these kids,” said Piedmont Science and 5 th Grade ...

A weather balloon may have cracked the windshield of a United Airlines flight last week, forcing it to divert to Salt Lake City, a weather balloon company said. Transportation officials said they were ...

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. A ...

MOAB, Utah — A weather balloon launched from Spokane collided with a United passenger flight while the plane was flying over Moab, Utah, in mid-October. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ...