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Tragic Balloon accident
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Topic Started: Aug 26 2007, 11:27 AM (185 Views)
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wissaboo
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Aug 26 2007, 11:27 AM
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Fiery balloon crash kills 2 in B.C.
Terri Theodore Canadian Press
SURREY, B.C.A hot-air balloon burst into flames and plummeted into a trailer park in suburban Vancouver, killing two people, as horrified relatives of the dead watched on the ground.
"There were family members on the ground when this tragic event took place" Friday evening, said Sgt. Roger Morrow of Surrey RCMP. The dead are not being named immediately to give relatives a chance to recover from the shock.
Onlookers watched as the balloon caught fire and broke free of its tether, shooting up in the air before everyone could escape, then plunging directly onto a trailer.
"I saw the balloon coming down on the front of the trailer and when it hit, it exploded," said Karen Ashby.
"There were flames and fire, people running. Everybody was in a panic. It was a shock. It was like a war zone here."
Eleven people were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the second serious balloon accident this month in Western Canada.
Three trailers were destroyed, but luckily about seven people in them got out safely, said Ralph Zandergen, owner of Hazelmere Trailer Park.
The balloon caught fire as it prepared to launch, said Bill Yearwood, an investigator with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
"The crew loaded 12 passengers and was preparing to launch when a fire erupted. The pilot asked the passengers to get out of the basket," he said. "The balloon was tethered at the time, but then broke and came loose."
After most of the passengers escaped, the balloon exploded in a fireball and shot up into the air, then plunged to the ground. The pilot is in stable condition.
Park resident Mike Braden, 48, said he looked out his window to see the balloon and its basket in flames.
"The basket broke and it dropped on the trailer and beside the truck," he said. "It was totally engulfed in flames. (After it crashed), tires were blowing and a few propane tanks went off and it was just an inferno."
Ashby said she believes a malfunction was responsible, not the pilot, who had previously taken up her husband and children.
"You couldn't ask for a better person that flies that balloon."
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating the accident.
Another balloon crashed in a field near Winnipeg on Aug. 11, sending three people to hospital with injuries including severe burns.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/249917
sounds just horrible. :cry1:
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Aug 26 2007, 02:05 PM
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Captain Geschlecht Spielzeug ♀
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Ja, I heard about this. It's messed up. I've thought about riding in 1 when they've had the balloon shows here. Makes you think twice about it. The clip of the balloon going down in flames on tv was just..horrible. :cry1:
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"Would you like to talk about what's bothering you or would you like to break some more furniture?"
"My car just hissed at me. There's steam coming out of the engine"
"Was it the coffee? Are we gonna go too, just like the captain?" "I know what time it is, I don't need a bloomin' cukoo clock"
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AdmiralGummy
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Aug 26 2007, 02:17 PM
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You couldn't get my fat ass up in one of those damn things for anything.
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