Hot Air Balloon Crash in Texas Kills 16, Officials Say

Gerald · 07-30-16, 03:12 PM

[/QUOTE]LOCKHART, Tex. — A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, federal officials said, and the local authorities said no one had survived.

Lynn Lunsford, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said in a statement that the balloon had crashed into a pasture near Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin, after catching fire in the air. The accident occurred shortly after 7:40 a.m. local time, he said.

In a brief telephone interview, Mr. Lunsford said that officials were on their way to the site, and that the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified. The N.T.S.B. will be in charge of the investigation.[Q/UOTE]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us...exas.html?_r=0

What a destiny.

Note: JULY 30, 2016

Aktungbby · 07-30-16, 05:56 PM

As one who sees the tourists fly over my home, sometime only a couple of hundred feet and land a few blocks from my house in Napa... this goes HARD.

mapuc · 07-30-16, 07:00 PM

A sad day for those who love using hot air ballon

I hope the NTSB will find out why this happened and prevent it from happening again

Markus

Jimbuna · 07-31-16, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

A sad day for those who love using hot air ballon

I hope the NTSB will find out why this happened and prevent it from happening again

Markus

Videos posted by local media suggest the balloon came down near tall power lines, but the cause is not yet known.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Hot Air Balloon Crash in Texas Kills 16, Officials Say [/QUOTE]LOCKHART, Tex. — A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire and crashed in central Texas on Saturday, federal officials said, and the local authorities said no one had survived. Lynn Lunsford, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said in a statement that the balloon had crashed into a pasture near Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin, after catching fire in the air. The accident occurred shortly after 7:40 a.m. local time, he said. In a brief telephone interview, Mr. Lunsford said that officials were on their way to the site, and that the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified. The N.T.S.B. will be in charge of the investigation.[Q/UOTE] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us...exas.html?_r=0 What a destiny. Note: JULY 30, 2016 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie Last edited by Gerald; 07-30-16 at 03:44 PM.

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 29,984 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	As one who sees the tourists fly over my home, sometime only a couple of hundred feet and land a few blocks from my house in Napa... this goes HARD. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	A sad day for those who love using hot air ballon I hope the NTSB will find out why this happened and prevent it from happening again Markus