Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Accident

Hot air balloon crashes into power lines
the Basket then falls 30 feet to the ground

Edit: I got it wrong, the interview was with the passenger, not the pilot.

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• Albuquerque
• Hot
• Air
• Balloon
• Crash
• Accident
• Power
• Lines
• Cables

[GTANYC]

Did u even watch it....

It says at 1.20 they survive cmon dude wake up!

[spiceboy6767]

Crap is it bonniefranklin!

The 2 people on board were very lucky to live!! If you search for Balloon accidents, you will see that in many cases the occupants DIE

In this case the Passenger broke his Arm and badly damaged his leg. Badly winded and was hyperventalating.

The Pilot had a Broken pelvis, 5 broken ribs in 8 places, and a punctured lung. He was in intensive care for many days and while in Hospital he caught Pneumonia.

And he was lucky!

Still think it's crap?

[MarthaStout0202]

Sorry, I didn't realize it was a power line strike. Never mind!

[MarthaStout0202]

I'm a commercial pilot for hot air balloons. This looks photo-shopped to me. Just sayin'.

[levelat350]

I live in albuquerque. WHAT AREA OF TOWN DID THIS HAPPEN IN? You are not in trouble with me,you can tell me.

[Starflite]

Let's see.

Flying around in a wicker basket being powered by FIRE.

Not something I will ever do, no matter how safe people say it is XD

[levelat350]

WAS THIS AT DAWN OR DUSK?

[andrewschiffer]

hm hm hm hm ha ha ha ha Lol!

[m0noxide1]

dont drink n fly :/ not like u cant see power lines :s they r fucking everywhere!

[burrows24]

omg... fuck that

[naflodii]

probably best to avoid power lines while hot air ballooning.

[rubber4532]

they did recover....eventually