NTSB: Suspected weather balloon shatters United 737 windshield at 36,000 ft; pilots showered with glass
The NTSB says a suspected weather balloon struck a United Airlines Boeing 737 at 36,000 ft on Oct. 16 near Moab, Utah, shattering the cockpit windshield and showering both pilots with glass. The crew made an emergency landing and investigators are reconstructing the sequence of events.