According to a government aviation incident report, a Jan. 31 Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg reported a large balloon about 4,000 feet above it. That’s the same day the U.S. said a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon re-entered its airspace in Idaho.
According to a government aviation incident report, an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg"reported a large balloon about 4,000 feet above them with something hanging from it." The plane was approximately 120 kilometres from Cranbrook, in southeastern B.C., at the time, on the afternoon of Jan. 31.Short for North American Aerospace Defence Command, Norad is a joint Canada-U.S. defence group tasked with protecting the continent from incoming threats.
The aviation incident report was published Monday by Transport Canada, the federal transportation department. The report itself would have been made to air traffic controllers with Nav Canada, a private company. A Nav Canada spokesperson referred questions to Transport Canada, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In an email to CTVNews.ca, an Air Canada spokesperson said they have no information to add.
The exact route of the balloon over Canada has not been disclosed. First detected near Alaska on Jan. 28,it crossed into Canadian airspace in the Northwest Territories on Jan. 30 and travelled south, before re-entering the U.S. in Idaho on Jan. 31, which is not far from Cranbrook.
According to the below government aviation incident report, a Jan. 31 Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg reported a large balloon about 4,000 feet above it. According to a government aviation incident report, a Jan. 31 Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Winnipeg reported a large balloon about 4,000 feet above it.
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