The NTSB and FAA are investigating a deadly Arizona hot air balloon crash that killed four people. KPNX’s Gabriella Bachara reports.
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#HotAirBalloon #Arizona #Skydiving
I appreciate the background info of how this might have happened. My condolences to the loved ones of those who were lost.
So unnecessary 😢
The number of hot air balloon deaths in Arizona from 2013 to 2024 is now 9.
Pilot error
OMG 😳 Prayers For Survivor’s 🙏
Condolences to families of loss 💔
The enemy is here. All we can do, now, is defend ourselves and our families the best we can.
the enemy is in Iowa today …whining about all his 92 criminal charges !
I’m afraid oh heights. This is my worst nightmare.😯😯😯
Risky means potentially deadly.
When we were kids we always had DOZENS of ballons in the sky almost no deaths
How come now ballons are always crashing
Why guys are getting into hot ballons in 2024 makes no sense!!
I would just take off from a different A state……. like ALASKA… in a HOT AIR BALOON
Balloons are likely the most dangerous craft in which one might embark. Every landing is, to some degree, a crash landing. The course and speed cannot be controlled. You can only watch helplessly as the wires carrying 138,000 volts come closer and closer…
Free Climbing and Everest are on my list along with your description here of and what happened with balloons.
It’s so much trust we put in people with our lives every day. It’s so important that we hold ourselves accountable to be as capable and knowledgeable as possible when the lives of others, in any activity” is in our hands. No matter the cause though, families lost loved ones. ❤❤❤ to everyone involved.
😮 oh lord it always intrigued me, and to one point I was vividly looking where to get In a hot air Balloon…not anymore
I bet cars are statistically more dangerous
Yes driving to and from the balloon is far more dangerous than the balloon
it seems like to your brain its magic haha
I have ridden in a Hot Air Balloon in Connecticut. So peaceful and beautiful. This is so very sad and unusual.
ballon riders supposed to wear a life guard like boating on water in case the ballon blow up on air
Balloon. Not sure what a ballon is.
Worse spy balloon ever
Wow young people dropping dead is not normal… did they listen to maga and inject the bleach I wonder? The coincidence is too strange to ignore.
You couldn’t pay me to ride a hot air balloon
So sorry for the loss.
Yeah, hot air balloons never seem like a good idea…
Alright, what did you learn!???
I guess biden and the democrats need to ban hot air balloons……….they are trying their best to ban everything else !!!
Praying for the loved one of those passed. Very tragic.
I’m pretty sure I saw this baloon flying past the southern valley before the weekend, my son and I were talking about it as we watched it…
play stupid games win stupid prizes. but they all says doesn’t want to “crawl to death, u only live once” etc.
Sad.
Deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives
They also lost their balloon…LOL
@@tt55899 hush, pizza cutter
@@avgJones ooh good one
They dumb for going on one in the first place
Gotta understand physics. –js
Never ever ride in a balloon
prayers,love and hugs for there family
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes
@Christophernorbits There are plenty of other ways to have fun without having to take on huge risks. There are plenty of ways in which to enjoy life via minimum risk activities, also.
@Christophernorbits Would you have done the same thing prior to hearing of this and even after hearing of this? Were you aware beforehand that such a thing could happen and would you have done it anyway with that knowledge?
Were they illegals??
Why would that even matter at this point
Was it Chinese?
This is WHY!
@Christophernorbits So when are we going to hear about you taking the same huge risk in a hot air balloon trip in the same manner? Will you make sure to be the first one or one of the first ones to skydive in order to survive? Will you be at all concerned about the others left behind after your dive?
و…يِآ نآس يِآآمٌـٍة مٌحًمٌد صِآرتٍ قلّوبگٍمٌ بلّآ رحًمٌهً ولّآشفُقهً ولّآ آنسآنيِهً گٍمٌ شگٍيِتٍ وگٍمٌ بگٍيِتٍ گٍمٌ نآديِتٍ وگٍمٌ نآشدتٍ ولّگٍن لّآ حًيِآٍة لّمٌن تٍنآديِ هًلّ يِرضيِگٍمٌ آن آخوآنيِ يِبگٍون ويِمٌوتٍون مٌن آلّجُوع وآنتٍمٌ مٌوجُودون يِعلّمٌ آلّلّهً آلّعلّيِ آلّعظَيِمٌ آننآ لّآ نمٌلّگٍ حًتٍى قيِمٌـٍة گٍيِلّو دقيِق آبيِ مٌتٍوفُيِ ﻭﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﺻﻐﺎﺭ ﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻨﺎ ﺃﺣﺪ ﺃﻗﺴﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻬﻢ ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺍ ﺃﻣﺲ ﺟﻮﻋﺎﻧﻴﻦ ﻭﻫﻢ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ من الالم والولايات ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺃﻣﺲ ﻟﺤﺪ ﺍﻵﻥ ﺑﺪﻭﻥ ﺃﻛﻞ ﻳﺎﺃﺧﻮﺓ الأسلام يافاعلين الخير انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيتنا ايجار وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد يطردنا من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرناندفعله الأجار وما يروح الئ بعدما نبكي ورجعوتكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع واذا دفعنا له حلف يمين بالله بيخرجنا إلى الشارع بدون رحمه واحنا.مشردين من بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سغار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا يقف جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه ومامعي اخوان كباره يقفوا معنا في هذا الظروف اخوتي سغار ولكن انا بنت لااستطيع ان اشتغل اقسم بلله ان اخواني خرجوا على للشارع وشافو وشافو الجيران ياكلو راوقفو وقفوا عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولوخبزه يسد بها جوعهم والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلقو الباب وطردوهم ورجعویبکوایموتومن الجوع والله ما نجد لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في كيلوا دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير فيا اخي انت رجال إذاشفت اسرتك جاوعين المستحيل من اجل تامن لهم الأكب ولكن انابنت عيني بصيره ويدي قصيره ليس لي أب مثلك واخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع أنا اقسم بالله الذي رفع سبع سموات بلاعمدوبسط الارض ومهداني لااكذب عليك بحرف من هذا الرساله واني ماطلبتك إلى من ضيق ومن قسوت الضروف والحال الذي احنافيه وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻲ ﻋﻨﺪﻩ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﺭﻩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪﺗﻨﺎ لايتاخر علينا لحظه هاذا رقمي واتساب 00967712607481 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله ألاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير……..
و..يِآ نآس يِآآمٌـٍة مٌحًمٌد صِآرتٍ قلّوبگٍمٌ بلّآ رحًمٌهً ولّآشفُقهً ولّآ آنسآنيِهً گٍمٌ شگٍيِتٍ وگٍمٌ بگٍيِتٍ گٍمٌ نآديِتٍ وگٍمٌ نآشدتٍ ولّگٍن لّآ حًيِآٍة لّمٌن تٍنآديِ هًلّ يِرضيِگٍمٌ آن آخوآنيِ يِبگٍون ويِمٌوتٍون مٌن آلّجُوع وآنتٍمٌ مٌوجُودون يِعلّمٌ آلّلّهً آلّعلّيِ آلّعظَيِمٌ آننآ لّآ نمٌلّگٍ حًتٍى قيِمٌـٍة گٍيِلّو دقيِق آبيِ مٌتٍوفُيِ ﻭﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﺻﻐﺎﺭ ﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻨﺎ ﺃﺣﺪ ﺃﻗﺴﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻬﻢ ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺍ ﺃﻣﺲ ﺟﻮﻋﺎﻧﻴﻦ ﻭﻫﻢ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ من الالم والولايات ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺃﻣﺲ ﻟﺤﺪ ﺍﻵﻥ ﺑﺪﻭﻥ ﺃﻛﻞ ﻳﺎﺃﺧﻮﺓ الأسلام يافاعلين الخير انا اقسم بالله على كتاب الله اني لااكذب عليك ولا انصب ولا احتال اني بنت يمنيه نازحين انا واسرتي بيتنا ايجار وصاحب البيت من الناس الي ماترحم والله يا اخي انه يجي كل يوم يبهدلنا ويتكلم علينا ويريد يطردنا من البيت للشارع لانناماقدرناندفعله الأجار وما يروح الئ بعدما نبكي ورجعوتكلمو الجيران ومهلنالاخره الأسبوع واذا دفعنا له حلف يمين بالله بيخرجنا إلى الشارع بدون رحمه واحنا.مشردين من بلادنا بسبب هذا الحرب ولانجد قوت يومنا وعايشين اناوامي واخوتي سغار والدنا متوفي الله يرحمه ومامعنا أحد في هذا الدنيا يقف جاانبنا في هذه الظروف القاسيه ومامعي اخوان كباره يقفوا معنا في هذا الظروف اخوتي سغار ولكن انا بنت لااستطيع ان اشتغل اقسم بلله ان اخواني خرجوا على للشارع وشافو وشافو الجيران ياكلو راوقفو وقفوا عند بابهم لجل يعطوهم ولوخبزه يسد بها جوعهم والله الذي له ملك السموات والارض انهم غلقو الباب وطردوهم ورجعویبکوایموتومن الجوع والله ما نجد لقمت عیش والان لوما احدنا ساعدنا في كيلوا دقيق اقسم بالله انموت من الجوع فيا اخي انا دخيله على الله ثم عليك واريد منك المساعده لوجه الله انشدك بالله تحب الخير واتساعدني ولو وتطلب اسم بطاقتي وترسلي ولاتتاخر وايعوضك الله بكل خير فيا اخي انت رجال إذاشفت اسرتك جاوعين المستحيل من اجل تامن لهم الأكب ولكن انابنت عيني بصيره ويدي قصيره ليس لي أب مثلك واخواني سغار شوف كيف حالتهم وساعدنا وأنقذنا قبل أن يطردونا في الشارع تتبهدل أو نموت من الجوع أنا اقسم بالله الذي رفع سبع سموات بلاعمدوبسط الارض ومهداني لااكذب عليك بحرف من هذا الرساله واني ماطلبتك إلى من ضيق ومن قسوت الضروف والحال الذي احنافيه وانا واسرتي نسالك بالله لولك مقدره ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻲ ﻋﻨﺪﻩ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﺭﻩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪﺗﻨﺎ لايتاخر علينا لحظه هاذا رقمي واتساب 00967712607481 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله ألاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير……..
Ban these deadly hot air balloons NOW
I am sad to hear about this. I hate hot air baloons.
More stupidity. More recklessness. Buffoons.
It a horrible death, there’s too many of these fatal deaths on air balloon rides, check it out online I searched and discovered way to many recently across the country in 2023-2024. The saddest one was a young couple celebrating their first wedding anniversary in an Arizona balloon ride there were others in the basket that died as well and the captain. What was unique about the couple was they were scientist researchers that discovered a cure for a particular children’s disease. 🥹😢
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Tragic🙏🙏🙏
Im sure Iran had something to do with this
No way i would go in a balloon…
And yet my Toy drone is FAA regulated and required to have RID..?
Yeah because there’s too many freaks that like to spy on people and now we can catch them.
Hot air balloons look nice to ride in, but you’re in an incredibly vulnerable position. I would never ride one.
Nobody had a cellphone on em?
Heartbreaking
My biggest fear with jumping there would be landing on a big cactus
How stupid you all peoples!!!! An balloons have no control n is only can go up n down.
They were all mayonnaise lol
too much weight being released from balloon to quickly. Pilot of balloon should have known.
That’s just natural selection
Unprofessional.
Are people still doing this?
There are 4 people who won’t be doing it anymore
another Chinese Spy
Balloon. Call President Biden. He’ll know what to do.
Sounds exactly like what happened in that movie about the hot air balloon disaster.
Sky divers took a balloon ride and jumped out not knowing that would make the balloon too lite with the remaining people left in? The story is a little confusing.
I think they were saying that the balloon has the lift for the number of people on board. Every time someone jumps off the basket, the balloon could rocket upward because it suddenly lost 100-200 pounds of weight that had been keeping the balloon at a steady altitude. If multiple people jumped off in succession, it could have 1000 lbs of extra lift that would need to be immediately compensated for, by the pilot of the balloon, to keep it from going too high too rapidly. Sounds like the pilot was unable to compensate for the immediate extra lift caused by the loss of the parachute jumpers.
@@wesleyx1 But why did they jump off in the first place? They went in the balloon with parachutes on knowing they were going to jump out? If that was the plan why did they let them do this?
not the first time and not the last time neither
I don’t think tax-payer funded government employees should act on behalf of insurance companies. Let them hire investigators if they want to assign blame.
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So people that were doing a dangerous past-time hobby, were killed doing that dangerous hobby?🤷 That’s a risk you take….and one day your ticket will get punched
Prayers for the families of the victims
Having them sky dive off it is like dumping most of the ballast in one drop.
exactly
Prayers 🙏 but ski diving from an air balloon is crazy and dangerous
RIP to the victims.
Guess I’ll never go into a hot air balloon…….. just story after story after story and it seems no matter how many tragedies people will always continue to use hot air balloons no matter what.
It sounds like the mistake was skydiving from a hot air balloon? What a tragedy. Hot air ballooning is usually pretty safe.
Too many people on balloon. I’ve been (4 of us altogether w man in control😊)on a balloon in napa,ca and couldnt wait to get off
over a century of hot air ballon tech, and they still dont have fall protection, or secondary lift devices like i dont know, a parachute?????
Uh, never gonna risk that death…. no everest, no wingsuits, and avoid american airlines ( i have experienced engine failure after takeoff a week after crash killing all aboard in 99). Just saying
that’s the risks they take
As soon as I heard 8 people did a skydive from the balloon I figured that caused the crash just the weight shift & I know nothing about how to operate a balloon it’s just common sense!
Wow, I can’t believe something like this happened. It sounds so safe to go up in the sky in a big balloon and then jump. It’s not like these things ever crash, run into powerlines, catch on fire, I mean, it’s unheard of.
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Only white people!
All of these possibilities can you take the risk anyway you dummies
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I’d never do this at all I don’t understand why people do
But it at least makes sense to you that not everyone has your same dumb state of mind and intellect right?
I’m going on a balloon ride tonight, too be honest with you, but I’m suicidal anyway😮
These accidents are very rare… If they weren’t, they would get literally no coverage outside of the immediate area… The professional that was interviewed shared some very interesting information I wasn’t aware of… Of course, while I don’t own or pilot one, I have only been up iin them as a passenger, so why would I… I never considered a maximum vertical limit… Fairly enlightening… RIP to the those who died in this unfortunate mishap…
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rest in peace
Why would anyone go up in the air so high in a basket designed to hold breakfast croissants ?
This is very sad!! Love watching these Balloons!!! Ones who went to Heaven May they RIP!! One who is hurt!! Pray for full recovery!!💕💕
My deepest condolences to their families and friends. I’m sorry that the New Year has started out like this for them.
They didn’t have a parachute each?
I’m surprised the industry hasn’t implemented helmets for passengers and some sort of airbag device. Skydiving seems safer: you know the direction you’re headed and there are backup chutes.
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hahahahahahahahah dumb
I always wonder why people get on these things?! So sad.
when the air outside is just as hot as the air inside, there is no lift
Very very dangerous and super risky.
You’d think they come up with a backup safety like a parachute that can deploy at the top of the balloon if it flattens out or of the burner doesn’t work ect. Something that can slow down or steer the balloon if normal function seize. Heck, a self-inflating raft to soften the impact… something.
hahahahahhaa
Dropping so many skydivers at once is dangerous for the balloon. Surprised that the pilot allowed that.
The NTSB should require parachutes like life preservers on boats. At least you’d have a chance. Or paraglider suits. STUPID HUMAN TRICKS
I don’t trust Americans on the ground driving so why would I trust them in the air in a hot air balloon!? 🤦🏻♂️
Do math folks
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