Mystery Fire: 16 feared dead in hot air balloon crash

Mystery Fire: 16 feared dead in hot air balloon crash


Reuters July 30, 2016

AUSTIN:  

At least 16 people were feared dead after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in a pasture near the central Texas city of Lockhart on Saturday morning, according to federal and local authorities.  The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the crash, which occurred in Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin. The agency did not offer any information on fatalities but said at least 16 people were on board the balloon.  “It does not appear at this time that there were any survivors of the crash,” Caldwell County Sheriff Daniel Law said in a statement.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 31st, 2016.

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