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nothing funny, no snark, what a horrible story.

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calbert: nothing funny, no snark, what a horrible story.

agree

Another take: "Would you like to die, in my beautiful baloon?"

/Window seat please
//Non-smoking
///Why, yes. I would like some champagne.
////Ouch! Dude! Whats up with that pitchfork?

11 people?! I didn't know you could get that many people into one of those things...

FTA: In 1979, an Air New Zealand DC-10 airliner on a scenic flight slammed into Mount Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 257 on board.

For bonus laughs, IIRC there was a woman on the plane who had a premonition that it wuz gonna crash. And she attempted to get off before it took off. And everyone was all SIT DOWN AND CHILL THE FARK OUT, WOMAN.

""Would you like to die, in my beautiful balloon?""


I was singing this a few days ago .

Thought it'd be a spiffy Fark headline .
Y'know , if there was some sort of balloon accident .

I'm probably not the only one who knows that song only from Strong Bad singing it.

TFA says the pilot was highly skilled and experienced, and furthermore was a local balloon safety officer. Yet this crash was due to him flying the thing into power lines. So. I will not ever be riding in a hot air balloon, nor will my kids.

I would've felt differently if the pilot was a newb and this happened...

Airborne copper thieves.

Breathe Laugh Twitch: I will not ever be riding in a hot air balloon

I dont care for flying either.

There are times when driving just isnt a viable option however.

I came for this



and left disappointed

/sigh
//f*cked up and I posted into the wrong thread
///my Boobies in years is a fail
////long time farker
//even longer lurker

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I don't know. Those numbers could be.... *sunglasses* inflated.

So full of win! Even had a visual of Horatio Caine standing in front of burning hot air balloon to go with it!

Oh, and how it floats! We all float down here, Georgie!

They bought their tickets. They knew what they were getting into.

From the scene:

Lawd Jesus! (new window)

Goddamn French implants.

Cybernetic: Too bad the balloon wasn't filled with safe, natural helium. It's actually flame retardant!


What are you talking about?

Flaming retards is a time honored Fark tradition.

The two that jumped should have waited until just before the basket hit the ground and then jumped straight up.

I've been skydiving (tandem) but I'll be damned if I go up in a hot air balloon. They scare the piss out of me. Thinking about what those people went through reminds me of nightmares I've had where I'm falling and wake up before I "land." Ugh. Scary shiat.

BokChoy
11 people?! I didn't know you could get that many people into one of those things...

Yep, I call 'em "cattle cars". Mine only fits four or five, but I've arranged with my insurer to carry no more than two passengers at a time besides the pilot. The big muthuhs, 180,000 cu. ft. and up, are normally flown by commercial outfits which charge anywhere from $150 to $275 a head for a flight that rarely lasts more than a half hour. At events like the Albuquerque Fiesta they'll take off with a full load, land, exchange passengers, take off again, land again, switch passengers again, sometimes four loads on a very good day. So one cattle car will gross close to $10,000 a morning.

Someone mentioned helium. Like most balloon accidents, this one was a power line strike. The balloon caught fire afterwards, but this was incidental. More than likely nobody died from being burned alive. They died from the fall. (Or, properly, the impact.)

/every time something like this happens I stay sick for days

animeman: I came for this

Heh. I remember that...

Also on SNL for a few episodes they had some sort of "mystery theater in a hot air balloon" where it was a closed room murder mystery but all right there in tiny crowded basket, pretty ridiculous.

I'm sad when I'm flying.....

oroku_saki: I'm sad when I'm flying.....


Heroin is a hell of a drug.

Wow, what a freaking horrible way to go

I wonder if it's a normal reaction to only think if there were children on-board. Adults made their decision and they now live (or die) with it, but kids.....man I hope there were no kids on board. All they did was trust adults.....and we let them down 'cause some of us just suck.


/It's a shame, but F the adults.....mourn the kids

Take these broken wings and fly me to the moon!

"two circles of black ash in a green field, close to a white house." that's some late night artistic inspiration. all it needs... is a rhinoceros

IAmRight: No one tell my parents about this.

My mom has wanted to go on a hot air balloon for as long as I can remember and I finally bought them a Groupon so they can go this year. They'd better go!

/I went in 2011, it was awesome
//90-minute flight for $130 with Groupon
///bonus water landing in the middle for fun


I once rode a parachute towed by a speed boat operated by fascinating third-world characters who couldn't understand a damn thing anyone said.

It was nice.

HoagieBoy: I wonder if it's a normal reaction to only think if there were children on-board. Adults made their decision and they now live (or die) with it, but kids.....man I hope there were no kids on board. All they did was trust adults.....and we let them down 'cause some of us just suck.


/It's a shame, but F the adults.....mourn the kids


When I was a kid I would have loved it.

I would never coerce a frightened child into such a situation, but kids have minds of their own.

Everything has risks.

It all comes out in the wash.

Amos Quito: When I was a kid I would have loved it THE IDEA OF GOING BALLOONING.



/Correction to the above
//Crashing? Not so much

On the plus side, it's one more list NZ is top of

The poor Kiwis can't seem to catch a break these days. Wonder what they did to piss off the deity??

/Do not believe in "the deity", or that this is in any way divine retributiion for anything
//Have friends in Christchurch who are doing it tough :-(

seventypercent: HoagieBoy: /It's a shame, but F the adults.....mourn the kids

Fark the adults? This is a bit extreme. It's not like they were BASE jumping or climbing K2 without oxygen. Hot air ballooning does not have a reputation as a particularly dangerous or risky activity.

I hear ya, but there's a certain amount of responsibility that an adult needs to take when doing something like this....no matter how innocent it seems. The fact that the adults don't see it is not the kids fault. I group motorcycle riding in the same category and I realize that there are many people that ride (possibly risking their lives and the loss of their lives for their children). I'm not even including the parents that let their kids ride too.

When you are a parent I think you are required to reduce/eliminate your dangerous behavior because you now have someone who relies on you (other than yourself). Feel free to call my the result of the pussification of the USA and I'll be fine with that classification.