Posted on 06/21/2025 7:05:13 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Eight people are dead after a hot air balloon carrying 22 people crashed in Praia Grande, Brazil
You couldn’t pay me to ride in one of those .. no thanks
https://rumble.com/v6v448f-hot-air-balloon-crashes-in-praia-grande-brazil.html
Yikes! NOT on my bucket list. Neither are zip-lining, bungee jumping, skydiving, scuba diving.
Witnesses report screams before the balloon plummeted. Some victims were thrown out mid-descent.
How did anyone survive?
Another longer video showing “objects” falling to the ground
In Brazil, a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in mid-flight Killing at least 8
https://rumble.com/v6v4553-in-brazil-a-hot-air-balloon-caught-fire-and-crashed-in-mid-flight-killing-a.html
Reports are 2 survivors
Gave a hot air balloon ride to besties for their wedding gift. Glad I didn’t know about all these crashes back then. We chased the balloon to where they landed and watched them help the pilot roll up the balloon. Neatness counts.
Hot Air Balloons - Up Up and Away - The Fifth Dimension
https://youtu.be/5NmPzUa69bc
16 People died due to a doped up balloonist....
https://ltaflightmagazine.com/deadliest-balloon-crash/
Back in the 80s I won a Ballon ride for 2 by winning a radio trivia contest.
At first I was thrilled.....the closer the day came to the ride however, I really started to think about it and eventually canceled.
Having visions of things like this is why....being at the mercy of the wind to dictate direction? NO THANKS.
Where I live hot air balloon rides happen every day in the spring and summer...
Once a year a balloon lands near us... two years ago it was just across the street on a property Mrs BBB333 property manages. The ‘Pilot’ said “Call (name redacted)!”
I yelled: ‘We property manage this home - you have our permission (name redacted) lives 1,000 miles away!”
The point of this scribe is this: 30! I mean it 30 people were in the ‘basket’!
I would NEVER do that!
8 people killed, 13 injured, 21 on board
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/21/nx-s1-5441061/brazil-hot-air-balloon-crash-deaths
God have mercy on those people. Enjoying a beautiful experience, and burning to death until they hit the ground. Tragic
If you notice, there’s a smoke trail leading upwards. My hypothesis is that somewhere near the ground, maybe even on the ground the fire broke out and seven or eight people went over the side… And the others were trapped in the balloon that suddenly rose upward with uncontrolled flame making a lot of heat and the sudden loss of 400 pounds of people. Then it got to altitude and came apart. I doubt anyone in that final phase of the video survive. That’s just a hypothesis from living somewhere where there is a lot of balloon activity.
I'm with you, none of those are on my to do list.
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