A hot air balloon trip in Brazil turned into tragedy Saturday after it caught fire midair and tumbled from the sky, killing eight people on its way down. Primary Menu Sections. US News.

In Dawn McKenzie’s free time, she soars high above the ground in a hot air balloon, as she has since she got her FAA-issued ballooning license when she was 19.

Hot air balloon victim Chayton Wiescholek sent his girlfriend, Kinsey Taylor, a final heartbreaking message, “I love you, goodbye,” before he died along with three other people.

A hot air balloon caught fire in Brazil on June 21, causing some passengers to jump to the ground. At least eight of the 21 passengers died in the tragedy.

At least 8 killed when hot air balloon catches fire in Brazil, plunges through air 00:23. A hot air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky on Saturday in Brazil 's southern state of Santa ...

A hot-air balloon carrying 21 people caught fire and fell from the sky in a region in southern Brazil popular with tourists. Skip to content Skip to site index.

He said 21 people were on board; the other 13 survived. Video posted to social media shows a hot air balloon catching fire while in the sky. The balloon then deflates and falls to the ground.

Before subjecting humans to the unknown dangers of flight in a hot-air balloon, French inventors conducted a trial run, sending a sheep, a duck and a rooster up in the air over Versailles. Anyone ...

A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people. Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals on Saturday.