Taiwan finds crash site of suspected Chinese weather balloon - BBC News

The balloon crashed on an island and Taiwan says there is no cause to "jump to conclusions".

7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Dongyin is part of the Taiwan-controlled Matsu archipelagoBy Kelly NgBBC NewsTaiwan says it has found the remnants of what appears to be a crashed Chinese weather balloon.

Taiwan's military said it had spotted an unidentified object drifting above Dongyin - a Taiwanese-controlled island off China's coast - at 11:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday.

It later found a crash site on a shooting range.

Initial investigations suggested the remnants were part of a meteorological instrument, the military added.

On Friday, Taiwan's Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said that officials would further investigate the crashed balloon but would not "jump to conclusions".

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