Skip to Main Content Accessibility Help

When a Canadian weather balloon veered into Russian airspace in 1998

25 years ago

2:50

When a Canadian weather balloon veered into Russian airspace in 1998

25 years ago
News
Duration 2:50

In this excerpt from a 1998 edition of The National, CBC's Reg Sherren reports on a Canadian weather balloon that drifted off course and ended up over Russian airspace.

Related Stories

The time a wayward Canadian balloon caused an international stir — and thwarted 3 air forces

More Like This

Recommended for You

Canada

Manitobans elect NDP majority, First Nations premier

The National

Signalling snafu stops all trains in and out of Toronto, delaying thousands

The National

#TheMoment a woman meets her bone marrow donor 11 years later

The National

More adults are taking ADHD medication

The National

Former RCMP director was trying to sell secrets to police targets, Crown alleges

The National

House of Commons elects Liberal MP Greg Fergus as Speaker

The National

How high grocery prices hurt school food programs

The National

#TheMoment a 2,212-pound pumpkin went on tour and won 1st prize

The National

What’s the likelihood India’s spy agency killed someone in Canada?

The National

October heat wave bakes southern Ontario

The National

now