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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 11:20 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 11:39 am to dallastiger55
RIP
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:41 am to dallastiger55
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 dallastiger55
If it caught fire in the air they were all dead before it hit the ground.
Posted on 7/30/16 at 12:16 pm to dallastiger55
How the hell do you fit 16 people in a balloon basket?
Posted on 7/30/16 at 3:18 pm to dallastiger55
As I was reading this, the travel channel was doing a show about some bbq place in Lockhart, TX.
Creepy
Creepy
Posted on 7/30/16 at 10:42 pm to dallastiger55
I did a hot air balloon in Italian alps region. Went up to about 10,000 feet. Only 3 people in basket and that was crowded. You feel the heat from the flames, can't imagine the fear. I don't see how 16 could be done legally/safely no matter what size the basket. I kind of wondered why we didn't have an emergency parachute pack once up in the clouds, but I survived
Posted on 7/30/16 at 10:44 pm to dallastiger55
How do 16 people fit in the basket of a hot air balloon?
Posted on 7/30/16 at 11:38 pm to dallastiger55
How high up are these?
Any possible way to have an emergency parachute just in case you need to jump out? I guess a ride like this isn't high enough?
Doesn't seem too safe to do this with that many strangers as someone said.. One could go crazy
Terrible tragedy
Any possible way to have an emergency parachute just in case you need to jump out? I guess a ride like this isn't high enough?
Doesn't seem too safe to do this with that many strangers as someone said.. One could go crazy
Terrible tragedy
Posted on 7/31/16 at 10:47 am to dallastiger55
Being burned alive and falling to your death at the same time.
Mann I would probably pass out from the shock of it.
Mann I would probably pass out from the shock of it.
Posted on 7/31/16 at 11:59 am to dallastiger55
ETA: not the same crash apparently. The below is from Luxor, Egypt.
Video - did they not have a fire extinguisher on board?
Longer video of the above, Luxor, crash.
Video - did they not have a fire extinguisher on board?
Longer video of the above, Luxor, crash.
This post was edited on 7/31/16 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 8/1/16 at 12:49 pm to dallastiger55
Me & Aubrey ballooned un-tethered over BR one morning. The pilot landed us very fast in a small backyard around Bluebonnet. The basket tipped when we hit ground and we were thrown around a bit....It was pretty exciting.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 2:54 pm to dallastiger55
yikes! i typically see btw 8 and 12 balloons every morning floating over the Napa Valley. Was thinking of trying it out. Not anymore.
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