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16 dead in hot air balloon accident in TX
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:17 am
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:17 am
Awful story. Caught fire and fell to the ground in Lockhart, outside of Austin
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 7/30/16 at 11:17 am
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Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:17 am to dallastiger55
Thanks for the link
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:18 am to dallastiger55
Probably one of the more terrifying ways I can imagine going out.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:19 am to Bluefin
ISIS related?
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:20 am to dallastiger55
16 people in one balloon?
This post was edited on 7/30/16 at 11:21 am
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:20 am to dallastiger55
Life is too short man. An innocent balloon ride on a summer morning and next thing you know it's all over
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:22 am to dallastiger55
They do hot air balloon rides out here all the time. Where my aunt lives in Phoenix she can sit on her back patio and watch the balloons in the sky every morning while drinking her coffee.
Not that expensive either for a balloon ride(maybe $100 I think). Stuff like that accident is why I've never wanted to go. I know to most it sounds romantic...to me it sounds terrifying(afraid of heights though).
Not that expensive either for a balloon ride(maybe $100 I think). Stuff like that accident is why I've never wanted to go. I know to most it sounds romantic...to me it sounds terrifying(afraid of heights though).
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:28 am to dallastiger55
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:32 am to IIxxBREADxxII
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16 people in one balloon?
Just went to the hot air balloons in Shreveport last week. They were packing the yokels into those baskets at least 16 at a time. The people running those things are just carnies. Not a chance you'd get me in one.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:33 am to lsunurse
Yeah they fill the skies up in Peoria/Surprise/Lake Pleasant
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:34 am to lsunurse
Terrible way to go.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:36 am to lsunurse
I was going to sign up for one of these rides a few years ago and they wouldn't let me smoke on board so I got my money back. Best decision I never made.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:39 am to dallastiger55
RIP
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:41 am to dallastiger55
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:42 am to bleeng
That pic is apparently not from today.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 12:00 pm to dallastiger55
I did a job near the Sonoma County Airport for a couple weeks and they do a lot of hot air balloon rides out of there. After watching 3 crash landings in 5 days, my interest in riding in a hot air balloon quickly faded.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 12:06 pm to upgrayedd
frick that...what a way to leave this earth..rip
Posted on 7/30/16 at 12:06 pm to dallastiger55
If it caught fire in the air they were all dead before it hit the ground.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 12:09 pm to LSUERDOC
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If it caught fire in the air they were all dead before it hit the ground.
Depends. How long does it take to burn to death and how long for a deflated balloon to crash?
Posted on 7/30/16 at 12:12 pm to LSUERDOC
When I was in BR, they had a ballon gathering. One split open and went down, with fatal consequences.
Saw the video on TV and scratched balloons off the to do list.
Saw the video on TV and scratched balloons off the to do list.
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