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FAA ground stop for Chinese spy balloon shootdown results in massive flight radar gap off South Carolina coast
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David Blaine straps himself of a bunch of balloons, parachutes from 25,000 feet | Flightradar24 Blog
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Flightradar24 on X: "Quite unusual to track a hot air balloon at 18,000 feet https://t.co/3PvjQStLub https://t.co/ItaynA8sm3" / X
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Flightradar24 on X: "The balloon wandering through US airspace isn't currently a concern for commercial traffic as it is well above where flights operate. Most commercial flights operate below 45,000 feet, with
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