Hot Air Balloon crash kills 19 tourists in Egypt BBC News - Egypt: Balloon crashes near Luxor killing 19 tourists Quote:
What a way to go. I wonder if anyone got killed by the explosion, or if everyone just plummeted to their demise. RIP |
Shieet. That is scary. Serious question, I wonder if you would survive if you grabbed another individual, preferably larger than you, and used them as a landing? Then you'd roll or flip off, trying to divert some of the stress on yourself? (Sort of like how parkour people will do a side or flip after the landing from a large height) Maybe jump out at the 3-4th story mark. There must be some research on this. |
There must be. ...because this sort of thing happens all the time. |
like a helicopter, i would never go on one, 1 thing wrong and you are fcked, even big plane can glide to the ground, yes they can still crash, but the chances or surviving by gliding in a plane rather then falling like a rock. still very unfortunate that this happened |
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The chances of any aircraft crashing relative to the number of flights being made every day is tiny. There's really no need to worry about it. |
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The sudden deceleration isn't slowed down (much) by another body that's relatively solid. You'd also have a difficult time trying not to roll and break your neck/back at the same time. |
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Devastating news. RIP |
Footage of the balloon going down: |
Very tragic :( RIP |
i just took a hot air balloon ride in turkey..the experience is surreal..no engines, just silence as you float |
i heard there were 2 survivors; 1 seriously injured and 1 perfectly fine (according to cnn) its scary how fast it deflated and crashed i had assumed that it was a slow descent crash scary video rip |
...not what you think of when you see them piecefully in the syk. |
the lucky guy that jumped off the ballon ran 200meters and shouted "my wife is burning, my wife is burning up there" |
never riding balloons anywhere.. RIP |
man, are airliner, helitours, hang gliding, hot air balloon companies all stupid? you would think they would have provided everyone with parachutes on board in this part of the trade just in case something goes wrong, at least the passengers would have a chance to survive rather then just sitting in one spot, or falling to their doom. Yes it will cost a lot more money and maybe training would be in need but, at the end, this is about peoples lives. They should put more effort into developing a safety slim chute or something people can just strap on quickly. |
I wouldn't imagine that safety regulations in a country like Egypt are as strong as they are here. This is an example of how bad things can get. |
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sad news indeed. The hong kong tourist were booked under the same company that was involved with the mass tour bus shooting in the Philippines a few years ago. For Hong Kong News source, they said a few jumped out and was burning and asking for help but the local farmers all fled. |
the details still seem sketchy but from what ive read the pilot and the brit survivor jumped out very soon before the balloon shot up in the air (sounds like the brit survivor fended for himself since his wife never made it out) and when the balloon was 300ft up more people jumped but fell to their death |
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