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A hot air balloon clipped a mountain, smashing supports of the wicker gondola and catching fire. The accident caused the death of one passenger and injuries to 10 others. [52] [53] 1 10 18 May 2005 Shreveport, Louisiana: Two people were killed when their hot air balloon crashed after hitting power lines. [54] [55] 2 0 13 April 2007 Death of ...
The emergency services were alerted at 07:44 about a "possible vehicle accident", and arrived at the scene to find the basket of the balloon on fire. [12] [13] A witness described hearing two "pops" which were thought to be a gun going off. [14] Reports said that the balloon lost contact about half an hour into the scheduled one-hour flight. [5]
The red star indicates where the balloon first came into contact with the 33 kV power line (the faint grey line from the east), while the red circle is where the balloon wreckage was found. The accident occurred around 7:20 am, when the balloon was attempting to land after completing a partial figure-8 flight pattern over the Carterton area.
The hot air balloon, operated by Droplyne Hot Air Balloon Rides, took flight with 13 occupants. At around 5,000 feet, eight skydivers on the hot air balloon jumped out as planned, the report states.
Record-setting hot-air balloonist: Hot-air balloon: Near Bad Brückenau, West Germany Gondola release mechanism malfunction Scott D. Anderson: United States 1999 Minnesota Air National Guard test pilot Cirrus SR20: Federal Prison Camp, Duluth: Aileron jam during early production flight testing [4] Elsa Andersson: Sweden 1922 Aviator ...
Four passengers were in the hot air balloon, Vermont State Police said. All of them survived.
A hot air balloon accident Wednesday along a highway in Rochester, Minnesota, sparked a brush fire nearby, authorities said. Rochester police said they responded to reports of a hot air balloon ...
A fire developed in the basket due to a leak in the balloon's gas fuel system, causing the balloon to deflate mid-air and crash to the ground. [1] It was the deadliest ballooning accident in history and the deadliest aerostat disaster since the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, which killed 36 people. [2] [3]