Hot air balloon falls in Arizona, America
America News: An incident of a hot air balloon falling down took place in the desert of Arizona state of America. There is news of death of many people in this incident. Information about this accident was given by Eloy Police Department. It was told that this incident happened on Sunday, January 14. This information was received on Monday.
According to the information, 4 people have died due to hot air balloon falling in the southern Arizona desert of America. Many others were injured. It was reported that ‘at around 7:50 in the morning, a hot air balloon crashed near Sunshine Boulevard and Hanna Road in the desert area. In this accident, 4 died and another was seriously injured. According to Eloy Police, we are in constant touch with several federal agencies like NTSB and FAA to find out the cause of this accident. At present the reasons for the accident have not been known.
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The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the incident, said that according to the FIR, the accident was caused by some undetermined fault in the hot air balloon. One victim has been identified as 28-year-old nurse Katie Bartrom. There were a total of 13 people in this hot air balloon. Among them, about 8 skydivers, 4 passengers and a pilot were present. It was reported that 8 skydivers had jumped before the accident. In this accident, one died on the spot, while the other three died during treatment in the hospital.
Eloy Police Chief Byron Gwaltney said the skydivers exited the hot air balloon safely. This means that something went wrong after they went out, leading to this accident. He said that the hot air balloon had come from outside and it was believed that it was about to touch down at the Alloy Corporation Airport when the accident occurred.
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