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.
How did anyone survive?
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
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