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Weather Balloon May Have Smashed United Airlines Windshield

January 16, 2026Updated: January 16, 2026, 12:00 pm ESTPublished: January 16, 2026, 12:00 pm EST

The mystery of what shattered the windshield of a United Airlines flight last week may be solved. A California company says one of its weather balloons likely collided with the plane that was flying from Denver to Los Angeles. Here’s the latest.

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