The Canadian government's transportation department learned about the suspected Chinese spy balloon two days before it became headline news.
"On January 31, 2023, Transport Canada was made aware of the possible presence of a High Altitude Balloon over Western Canada," a Transport Canada spokesperson told CTVNews.ca.reportedly encountered "a large balloon about 4,000 feet above them with something hanging from it" while flying over southeastern B.C. The balloon crossed into neighbouring Idaho the same day.
"Transport Canada directed NAV CANADA, the private, not-for-profit corporation responsible for civil air navigation services in Canada, to issue a notice to airmen that identified the hazard, the affected airspace, and advised aircraft to exercise caution," the Transport Canada spokesperson explained in a March 2 email.
Sixty metres tall, manoeuvrable and with a payload the size of a jet airliner, the suspected Chinese spy balloon traversed North America before a U.S. fighter jet shot it down over the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 4.Transport Canada's March 2 statement came in response to questions posed on Feb. 10 for an
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