Hot Air Balloon Carrying Tourists Crashes in Siem Reap With 9 People Aboard: No Injuries Reported

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Hot Air Balloon Carrying Tourists Crashes in Siem Reap With 9 People Aboard: No Injuries Reported

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Siem Reap, Cambodia: According to TNN reporter Huy Bunleng, a hot air balloon carrying tourists crashed for unknown reasons.

9 people onboard but no injuries reported.

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It's been a while. I seem to remember these being almost a weekly occurrence a few years ago.
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Re: Hot Air Balloon Carrying Tourists Crashes in Siem Reap With 9 People Aboard: No Injuries Reported

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Either a lot of luck or not much of a crash.
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wicker basket, carrying propane, drifting through the air, hold up by only hot air, if thats not fate in the hands of god, i dont know whats is :bow:
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They used to crash all the time. If it is still the same company, it is Chinese and had its license revoked in China due to safety issues.

I just did my first balloon ride in Myanmar; all the pilots are British and they have an excellent safety record.
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There was a balloon crash in NZ a few years ago. It hit high tension lines and everyone was fried. Turned out the pilot was stoned all the time, he should have been higher.
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Saw two of them in Van Vieng, Laos. They went up and down for sunrise and sunset, beautiful scenery. The pilots may not have been British, but did a good job as well. Hanno, do you know since when they have been operating in Myanmar?
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disregard, saw their website. Operating since 2014 effectively.
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the only safe way to pilot a hot air balloon

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when it is tethered to the ground :beer3:
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OKW wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:18 am disregard, saw their website. Operating since 2014 effectively.


Balloons over Bagan has been operating 14 years.
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