hot air balloons
Hot air balloon hits power line and catches on fire at festival
A drone show and a flawless mass ascension ended Sunday’s last day of the 52nd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for this year’s hot air...
Hot air balloon narrowly misses roof, lands in Ohio neighborhood
A hot air balloon made a stunning landing in Massillon, Ohio on July 26. Residents of a Massillon neighborhood captured footage of the RE/MAX balloon passing over a rooftop and...
3 people severely burnt after hot air balloon crashes into powerlines in Indiana
A pilot and his two passengers made contact with the power lines shortly before 7 p.m. on Sunday near Hebron, about 50 miles south of Chicago, according to the Federal...
Heart-pounding video shows hot air balloon crash into power lines over highway, sparking brush fire
The horror unfolded as the balloon was trying to touch down in a field next to Highway 63 in Rochester, south-east of Minneapolis, just before 7 p.m., local police said.
Australian man plunges to his death after falling from hot air balloon: 'Heard like a loud bang'
The deceased, who has not been identified, plunged from the sky about 30 minutes into a hot air balloon journey that started in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
Here's what the mysterious high-altitude balloon that flew over US Friday really was
Federal investigators tracked the small balloon until it traversed beyond US lines sometime during the night.
Sole survivor of Arizona hot air balloon crash lost brother in murder-suicide
The parents of the sole survivor of a hot air balloon crash in Arizona that killed four people said she faces an uncertain future after suffering severe injuries – and...
Hot air balloon crash victim texted skydiver girlfriend, 'I love you, goodbye'
A Michigan man who was among four people killed in a hot air balloon crash in Arizona sent his girlfriend, “I love you, goodbye” – shortly after she went skydiving...
Nurse, 28, among four killed in hot air balloon crash, one critically injured
Four people were killed Sunday morning in a tragic hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Ariz., about 65 miles northwest of Phoenix, police said. One person involved remains in critical...
Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious ballooning race
A solar panel, Cheez-Its and a GPS unit will also take up space as the accomplished Albuquerque ballooning pilots compete to travel the farthest distance in one of the world’s...
Hot air balloon pilot lands on highway median after mid-flight trouble with 4 passengers aboard
The company told the Valley News that the hot air balloon had a “beautiful balloon flight” that came to end “with a common landing but in an uncommon and unplanned...
Balloon pilot consumed cocaine and cannabis, made critical error before deadly crash: investigators
The pilot of a hot-air balloon that crashed in New Mexico, killing all five people aboard, had cocaine and cannabis in his system – and failed to maintain adequate clearance...
Hot air balloon pilot arrested after couple plunges to their deaths in fiery crash
Victor Guzman was taken into custody after the balloon he was piloting plummeted over Teotihuacan on Saturday -- causing the death of Jose Nolasco, 50, and his 39-year-old wife Viridiana...
Couple killed, daughter badly hurt after hot air balloon goes down in flames
A Mexican couple died Saturday and their daughter was hurt when their hot balloon caught fire and plummeted to the ground in Mexico City.
VP Kamala Harris: 'I don’t think' Chinese spy balloon should hurt US ties
Harris said the Biden administration seeks “competition, but not conflict or confrontation” with China.
Pranksters fly 'spy' balloon over China embassy, accused of stoking WIII
Pranksters were busted flying a "spy" balloon over the Chinese embassy amid the alleged espionage row between China and the US.
New pics reveal FBI examining Chinese balloon — but will they tell us what they find?
New images released by the FBI on Thursday showed federal agents examining remnants of China's spy balloon -- as the US continued efforts to assess how extensive the device's surveillance...
US releases first pictures of Chinese spy balloon recovery
Navy personnel were pictured hauling large sections of the high-altitude balloon -- which US officials say measured 200 feet tall -- from the waters off Myrtle Beach after the Chinese...
What we know about the Chinese spy balloon: 200 ft. tall, may have had explosives
The Chinese spy balloon that traversed US airspace before being shot down was roughly 200-feet tall, weighed thousands of pounds -- and potentially carried explosives designed to destroy itself, a top...
Why would China use a spy balloon rather than a satellite to survey US?
Many have been questioning why China would use a spy balloon ever since a huge white surveillance device was shot down after sailing over sensitive military sites across America.