[datura]

The video shows the ballon was completely deflated and dropping very fast. The jolt may have killed them, but the sudden stop finished the job.

There are many reasons that mankind switched to airplanes rather than balloons. (Glide path…)

[Bulwyf]

Or just basic controlled flight, not at the mercy of the wind.

[Pollard]

And some people want to go all the way up to the atmosphere in a balloon.