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Odd thing is the photos of the fire and decent on the Spanish News on Twitter. Horrible accident.
Looks like the basket was engulfed in flames (photo1), caught the balloon (photo2), a shooting flame to the ground (photo3). search is lockhart tx balloon ...... oops, already removed.
After checking further - I think the photos and Spanish news report is fake. Photos up now of the area of the crash - it's a maze of High Power Electrical lines. It was first phoned in as a possible auto accident near Jolly Rd - Sherriff responded and called in DPS when they saw the balloon basket in flames with no survivors.
This appears to be the second-deadliest hot air balloon disaster in history, after a fire & crash of a balloon in Luxor, Egypt, in 2012 that killed 19 of 21 people aboard.
I can't imagine a much more horrible way to die than burning to death and no way to escape the flames. I was an aircrew member in Vietnam, and that was always one of my worst fears.
My heart goes out to the families of these victims. A sad day indeed.
I'd bet they hit high power lines. That would fry them almost instantly.
Looking at the photo from the linked story there are power lines where it crashed and a witness reported hearing two loud "pop" noises before seeing the basket go up in flames. I suspect you are correct.
They are not grounded. How coming in contact with power lines cause anything?
If you connect 2 lines together you become the power line? The current jumped through the balloon and people?
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