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Hot Air Balloon Carrying 16 Crashes; Likely No Survivors
NBC DFW ^
| 7/30/16
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Posted on 07/30/2016 9:13:24 AM PDT by gop4lyf
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:13:24 AM PDT
by
gop4lyf
To: gop4lyf
I didn’t know that a hot air balloon could could carry so many.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:14:48 AM PDT
by
gop4lyf
(Gay marriage is neither.)
To: gop4lyf
That’s pretty rare. Those balloons don’t crash very often.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:14:51 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: gop4lyf
Horrible.
Had to get lift in hot conditions, yes?
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:14:59 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: IronJack
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:15:48 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Alinsky.....it's what's for dinner: with Cloward Piven for Dessert)
To: gop4lyf
Thank you as I was just getting ready to post this. RIP to them and prayers to their family and friends.
I do believe that there are or were Freepers who are part of the hot air balloon community.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:16:17 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: LUV W
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:17:14 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: goodnesswins
Burned and crashed. My guess is the balloon caught fire and there was no chance land before they lost lift.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:17:43 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(I'm not a smug know-it-all; I just want you to experience epistemological closure.)
To: IronJack
Well, they actually “crash land” every time they land, but they do try to control the final few feet to be as slow as possible and at as low a speed as possible.
But I only know of 3-5 passengers plus 1 operator. Never this many. Even free falling (if the balloon burns) from a high altitude is slowed by the “parachute” effect of the balloon above the basket.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:18:12 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: gop4lyf
Condolences to family and friends.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:19:15 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Some Past incidents like this have involved fire in the basket as well as the balloon
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:19:44 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: gop4lyf
I did not either.....seems like a very big endeavor.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:20:18 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: gop4lyf
So sad. Sounds like a fire in the basket.
Side note, many may know Lockhart as the BBQ capital of Texas. Small town within driving distance of Austin.
To: gop4lyf
I didnt know that a hot air balloon could could carry so many. Apparently, they can't.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:20:56 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I wonder about a rig jazzed up to support hotter burning for a bigger load that got hit by sustained upper winds that put the envelope too close to the flames and caught fire.
Very tragic. Condolences and sympathies to their loved ones.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:22:45 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: gop4lyf
To: gop4lyf
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:23:36 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: IronJack
Thats pretty rare. Those balloons dont crash very often.
...
I remember one many years ago. It caught fire which caused it to ascend rapidly. The people panicked and jumped out. There were no survivors.
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:25:11 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I went up in a balloon just once. I can imagine the terror these people went thru.
Prayers
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posted on
07/30/2016 9:25:33 AM PDT
by
umgud
(ban muslims, not guns)
To: gop4lyf
So tragic! We saw a hot air balloon Monday morning on our way home from San Antonio around San Marcos. It had a large basket and a smiley face on the balloon. Prayers for the families!
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