It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon

Scott Manley, a popular YouTube creator and pilot, was among the first people to speculate online about the collision being ...
Yahoo

Southwest Reveals First Plane with New Backup Barrier to Keep Passengers from Storming Cockpit

On Friday, Aug. 29, the company completed its first flight operating a plane outfitted with a secondary cockpit barrier The new device, a first of its kind, creates a secured area for pilots if they ...
U.S. News & World Report

Southwest Airlines Begins Flying First Plane With Secondary Cockpit Barrier

(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines began Friday flying its first jet with a secondary barrier to the flight deck designed to prevent intrusions. The plane - a Boeing 737 MAX 8 which was delivered in recent ...

Object that hit United flight's windshield may have been weather balloon, company says

A United Airlines flight diverted to Salt Lake City after an object struck the plane's windshield at 36,000 feet, causing it ...
Reuters

Southwest Airlines begins flying first plane with secondary cockpit barrier

Aug 29 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 29 story has been refiled to change detect to deck in paragraph 3) Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), opens new tab began Friday flying its first jet with a secondary barrier to ...