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2023 Chinese balloon incident. From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a high-altitude balloon originating from China flew across North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. [ 2] On February 4, the U.S. Air Force shot down the balloon over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of South Carolina.
List of ballooning accidents. This is a list of ballooning accidents by date. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various accidents that involved manned balloons, such as Montgolfiere hot-air balloons, Charlière gas balloons, or Rozière gas and hot-air hybrid balloons. This list does not include accidents involving other types ...
2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash. / 29.88500°N 97.76222°W / 29.88500; -97.76222. On July 30, 2016, sixteen people were killed when the hot air balloon they were riding in struck power lines, crashed and caught fire in the unincorporated community of Maxwell, near Lockhart, Texas, 30 miles (50 km) south of the state capital Austin.
The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees ...
2013 Luxor hot air balloon crash. / 25.69472°N 32.57833°E / 25.69472; 32.57833. On 26 February 2013, a hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 out of the 21 people on board. A fire developed in the basket due to a leak in the balloon's gas fuel system, causing the balloon to deflate mid-air and crash to the ground.
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Allahpundit. Nick Catoggio, who previously used the pseudonym Allahpundit, is a blogger and former senior editor [ 1] for the American political news and commentary website Hot Air from its founding in 2006 through his resignation on September 2, 2022. After moving to The Dispatch, Catoggio writes a daily newsletter, "Boiling Frogs", under his ...
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