Hot Air Balloon Crash Deaths
A hot air balloon crash was responsible for the deaths of sixteen people aboard. Sixteen people plunged to their deaths in a hot air balloon accident in Lockhart, Texas on Saturday, July 30, 2016. Authorities say that the balloon caught fire, in flight, plummeting to a field below around 7:40 a.m. west of Lockhart, Texas which is about 30 miles south of Austin.
It appears that the hot air balloon crash may have been caused by striking power lines before it caught fire and fell to the ground. When law enforcement officers responded to a call, they found the hot air balloon crash scene, with basket on the ground on fire. A witness, who lives nearby, says that she first heard a whoosh and then saw a big ball of fire.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) along with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is working to document the site and says that it will be a difficult site to work through. The area where the accident happened is a popular tourist destination for hot air ballooning and skydiving. This is the biggest death toll recorded for a hot air balloon crash in the United States. The second worst hot air balloon crash occurred in Colorado, in 1993, resulting in six fatalities.
Hot Air Balloon Crash Injury Lawyer
Sixteen persons is the maximum number of people allowed in a hot air balloon. In 2013, 19 people died in a hot air balloon crash in Egypt. The families of the deceased may need an experienced injury and death case lawyer to help them receive compensation for their losses. Virginia injury lawyer, Attorney Lawrence K. Land has been helping injured people for over 35 years.
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