Airport Balloon

Takeoffs and landings at South Korea's Incheon International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said.

The Mumbai Police has prohibited para-gliding, flying of balloons and light-emitting objects in the free flight zone around Mumbai international airport from June 23 to August 21, an official said on Wednesday.

Black balloons spotted near Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chopper as it took off from an airport in Andhra Pradesh sparked a security scare today.

Relieved passengers on a flight from South Africa streamed into Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Saturday, in stark contrast to the previous day when fears about a new Covid-19 variant sparked chaos.

Flight operations came to a standstill at the Indira Gandhi International Airport for 20 minutes after a pilot reported having spotted a drone-like object, which a police official later said was a "balloon".

Along the road to the airport, hundreds of people brandished flowers, white balloons and Colombian flags to pay a final farewell to the victims of Monday's tragedy.

NASA has successfully launched a super pressure balloon on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test flight aimed at providing inexpensive access to the near-space environment for science and technology research.

The Delhi Police is investigating complaints of a "suspicious" balloon that was spotted near the Delhi airport today.

Two persons have been detained for a security scare at the Mumbai airport after what looked like a group of parachutes was spotted nearing the main runway.

NASA's heavy-lift balloon, which took off from Wanaka airport in New Zealand last month, has come down early over central Australia because of a suspected leak.

Flights were temporarily halted on Friday in London's second largest airport Gatwick after a hot air balloon flew into its airspace. Planes had to wait on the tarmac after airport officials feared the balloon could cause an accident, The Sun reported. The airport said all departures were halted for safety reasons just after 9 am when the balloon wa...

Takeoffs and landings at South Korea's Incheon International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday for about three hours before dawn because of balloons launched by North Korea filled with refuse, an airport spokesperson said.

The Mumbai Police has prohibited para-gliding, flying of balloons and light-emitting objects in the free flight zone around Mumbai international airport from June 23 to August 21, an official said on Wednesday.

Black balloons spotted near Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chopper as it took off from an airport in Andhra Pradesh sparked a security scare today.

Relieved passengers on a flight from South Africa streamed into Amsterdam's Schiphol airport Saturday, in stark contrast to the previous day when fears about a new Covid-19 variant sparked chaos.

Flight operations came to a standstill at the Indira Gandhi International Airport for 20 minutes after a pilot reported having spotted a drone-like object, which a police official later said was a "balloon".

Along the road to the airport, hundreds of people brandished flowers, white balloons and Colombian flags to pay a final farewell to the victims of Monday's tragedy.

NASA has successfully launched a super pressure balloon on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test flight aimed at providing inexpensive access to the near-space environment for science and technology research.

The Delhi Police is investigating complaints of a "suspicious" balloon that was spotted near the Delhi airport today.

Two persons have been detained for a security scare at the Mumbai airport after what looked like a group of parachutes was spotted nearing the main runway.

NASA's heavy-lift balloon, which took off from Wanaka airport in New Zealand last month, has come down early over central Australia because of a suspected leak.

Flights were temporarily halted on Friday in London's second largest airport Gatwick after a hot air balloon flew into its airspace. Planes had to wait on the tarmac after airport officials feared the balloon could cause an accident, The Sun reported. The airport said all departures were halted for safety reasons just after 9 am when the balloon wa...