A hot air balloon crashed into a power line Wednesday night, sending the balloon floating off for miles and the basket's passengers falling to the ground. Officials believe a gust of wind pushed the ...

Three passengers in Minnesota had a lucky escape Wednesday when the hot-air balloon they were traveling in crashed into a power line, causing the basket to break off and igniting a fire, dramatic ...

The basket of a hot air balloon plummeted onto U.S. Route 63 in Rochester, Minnesota, Wednesday after the balloon hit a power line. The three people inside the basket made it out mostly unscathed, ...

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A report by the national transport safety investigator finds hot air balloon rides come with a higher risk of injuries than a joy flight in a light plane or a helicopter.

The main part of a hot air balloon is the envelope, which is the large rounded top section. Begin with a simple oval shape or ...

A man from the U.K. fell to his death after he plunged out of a hot air balloon basket. According to the BBC, a 33-year-old man from Hertfordshire fell from the balloon in West Sussex around 9:20 AM ...

A man fell to his death from a hot air balloon that went up in flames during a Mexican festival Sunday, after he heroically saved the lives of two other people onboard in a horrific accident caught on ...

LOWELL, Ind. — A hot air balloon struck power lines before crashing to the ground over the weekend in northwestern Indiana, injuring the pilot and the two passengers, officials said Tuesday. The ...