A hot air balloon crashed in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighbourhood on Saturday, killing five people after apparently being blown into power lines by the…
All five people aboard a hot-air balloon that crashed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Saturday morning are confirmed to have been killed.
The fifth person, a man who had earlier been transported to the hospital in critical and unstable condition, “succumbed to his wounds,” Albuquerque police confirme
By Rich McKay
(Reuters) – A hot air balloon crashed in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighborhood on Saturday, killing four people and critically injuring a fifth person, after apparently being blown into power lines by the wind and catching fire, police said.
The pilot of the craft was among the dead, police said.
The basket crashed on a street corner in the city’s West Side neighborhood near a pharmacy, about six miles (10 km) west of the Albuquerque International Sunport Airport, according to a report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The balloon separated from the basket after it crashed and landed elsewhere, police said.
A hot air balloon crashed in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, neighborhood on Saturday, killing five people after apparently being blown into power lines by the wind and catching fire, police said.