Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, had to redirect multiple flights bound for its Zhengding International Airport. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING – A balloon of unknown origin spotted flying over a northern Chinese city prompted the local airport to redirect flights on Thursday, highlighting growing concern in both the US and China about unidentified objects in their airspace.
A spokesman for the airport and the Civil Aviation Administration of China didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Bloomberg News.
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