Hot Air Balloon Crash in New Zealand Kills Eleven (VIDEO)
The burn marks on the ground indicate where the burning hot air balloon fell. (Credit: AP)
Several witnesses gave chilling accounts of what they saw. One witness said there was a puff of smoke in the sky after the balloon hit power cables. There were screaming from the passengers as one side of the basket caught fire. The balloon eventually got free of the cables and appeared to go higher. But then, it was immediately engulfed in flamed and plummeted to the ground. Two passengers jumped from the basket to escape the inferno but the balloon was still too high at the time. The two did not survive.
Conditions were described as perfect at the time of the horror incident, which occurred at around 7:30 AM on Saturday, New Zealand time. (VIDEO CREDIT: YouTube/AP)
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