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Hot Air Balloon Carrying 16 Crashes; Likely No Survivors
NBC DFW ^ | 7/30/16 | unknown

Posted on 07/30/2016 9:13:24 AM PDT by gop4lyf

Federal officials said a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday. Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said there doesn't appear to be any survivors.

"The balloon was occupied and it does not appear at this time that there were any survivors of the crash," Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said in a statement. "Investigators are determining the number and the identities of victims at this time." Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the accident happened about 8:40 a.m. Saturday near Lockhart, Texas, when the hot air balloon crashed into a pasture.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: balloon; crash; deathtoll; texas
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To: HonkyTonkMan

Good Lord!


21 posted on 07/30/2016 9:27:53 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither.)
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To: goodnesswins

you are shooting flame into the baloon...


22 posted on 07/30/2016 9:28:49 AM PDT by traumer
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To: gop4lyf

https://youtu.be/2H5Dzktfx9I

Video of it on fire.


23 posted on 07/30/2016 9:31:19 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither.)
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To: gop4lyf

that was a big balloon. the ones i have seen fit about 4 or 5 people tops. landing is actually crashing with someone jumping out to tether the balloon to something stationery in some farmers field. champagne all around. dogs bark the whole time.


24 posted on 07/30/2016 9:31:25 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (all your base are belong to us)
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To: Gaffer

Some may also remember this tragic incident 3 years ago.
Similar mid-air fire caused crash.

Deadliest balloon crash in decades kills 19 in Egypt - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/world/africa/egypt-balloon-deaths/


25 posted on 07/30/2016 9:32:07 AM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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To: gop4lyf

that’s not the correct video - read the comment under it.


26 posted on 07/30/2016 9:32:36 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: gop4lyf

Lockhart Texas is where you go to eat really good Bar B que

http://smittysmarket.com/ ............fantastically crude and fantastically good


27 posted on 07/30/2016 9:33:18 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (Exile Barack, Exile the Wookie, Exile Malia, Exile Shasha)
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To: gop4lyf

Wow and apparently this is not the first time something like this has happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj8LY8S2VD8

A word to the wise.


28 posted on 07/30/2016 9:34:46 AM PDT by McGruff (How about investigating the donations to the Clinton Foundation)
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To: gop4lyf

A commenter on the video says it is actually from an Egyptian crash of several years ago.


29 posted on 07/30/2016 9:34:52 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Sorry, I was going from title of video.


30 posted on 07/30/2016 9:35:32 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither.)
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To: RightGeek
Drudge photo:


31 posted on 07/30/2016 9:35:57 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: gop4lyf

Another one
http://veeds.com/i/se-incendia-y-estrella-globo-aerostatico-con-16-pe*-iSogm5q92BochcS/news-us/


32 posted on 07/30/2016 9:36:41 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: MarchonDC09122009

From the article, it seems like a landing accident where operators overcompensated and something heated up too much after a quick ascension. My browser wouldn’t load the video.


33 posted on 07/30/2016 9:36:49 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: gop4lyf

Warm and humid in the area this morning.
I thought hot air balloon likes cool and dry.

I saw one 30 years ago flying over Lake Ray Hubbard, they were doing that drop to the water level, dip in the water and they rise back up.
This guy was going south to north and almost got hit by on the I30 bridge.


34 posted on 07/30/2016 9:37:35 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (This time it is serious.)
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To: gop4lyf

Fox & Friends Saturday was at a hot air balloon event this morning. Did it happen there?


35 posted on 07/30/2016 9:38:12 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

No. In Texas.


36 posted on 07/30/2016 9:39:22 AM PDT by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither.)
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To: kvanbrunt2

that was a big balloon. the ones i have seen fit about 4 or 5 people tops. landing is actually crashing with someone jumping out to tether the balloon to something stationery in some farmers field. champagne all around. dogs bark the whole time.


Best description ever.


37 posted on 07/30/2016 9:40:51 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: RightGeek

Dear God.


38 posted on 07/30/2016 9:41:16 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: gop4lyf

No problem - jerky move from the YouTuber that put it online as if it was today’s crash.


39 posted on 07/30/2016 9:41:42 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin
Had to get lift in hot conditions, yes?

Very possibly.

40 posted on 07/30/2016 9:42:43 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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