aviation safety

A rogue weather balloon has been identified as the mysterious object that smashed into a United Airlines jet last month, shattering its windshield and sending shards of glass flying across the cockpit as the plane soared 36,000 feet above Utah.

A cockpit voice recording from the ill-fated Air India Flight 171 reveals that the junior co-pilot questioned the senior pilot about switching off the aircraft’s fuel supply, according to sources familiar with the investigation.