Desperate final moments revealed of Brazil hot-air balloon plummet that killed at least eight – as pilot urged people to jump before leaping out himself and surviving
Today, the pilot of the hot air balloon, which caught fire in the air in Southern Brazil today, called on the passengers to jump before falling to the ground and killed eight.
Ulisses Gabriel, Chief of Police Chief Santa Catarina, announced that the wind was ‘quite strong’ and that a few people should hold the balloon when the first started.
Brazilian publisher Globo News told him, “ There was a truck that attracted a balloon with a cable, which was moving very intensively on the other hand, ” he said.
Mr. Gabriel added that it is possible to leak gas due to intense movement and ultimately causes the tarpaulin to burn.
‘Although the flame was delayed, there was a busy fire. The balloon rose and went down after a while and then 13 people, including the pilot, managed to go out, ” he said.
But the balloon quickly returned to the sky, some passengers are still on board.
That’s when ‘people began to be desperate’, Mr. Gabriel, ‘some of them jumped from the basket added. The rest of them died of Burns’.
The destructive accident took place in Praia Grande, a popular place for the hot air balloon.
After the hot air balloon exploded into the flames and dived to the ground in Brazil, at least eight people died (in the picture)
Terrible Accident (Picture) Today, in the Santa Catarina province in the south of the country, in the Praia Grande region – a well -known hot air balloon location
The cause of the accident is still being investigated and rescue teams are looking for the unexplained
13 of 21 passengers on board, including the pilot, survived.
The images shared by the local News Outlet G1 showed the smoke wavy smoke that came from the balloon in flames while jumping.
In a separate video circulating on social media, it can be seen that two people fall into the air as the fire spreads to the plane.
The cause of the accident is still being investigated and rescue teams are looking for those who are not explained, but Mr. Gabriel also said that the main hypotheses are currently adverse weather conditions or human error.
According to Jornal Razao, the pilot believes that the fire has begun in a spare burner stored in the basket.
He explained: ‘I don’t know if there was no lithy, or that he did not rule on his own, but it was the torch that started everything.’
After noticing the flames, he immediately tried to drop the balloon and ordered the passengers to jump when the craft approached the ground.
This photo, published by the Santa Catarina Fire Brigade, shows a hot air balloon, a hot air balloon, a hot air balloon after 21 people in Praia Grande.
Fire reportedly started in a spare burner stored in the basket
The hot air balloon, these people were much less weighing after escaping – so it rose to the sky and still carrying passengers with me
Residents, the morning of the accident in the area of about 30 balloons flew and the last one of the last hit one of the end, he said.
News Outlet G1 reported that the expected flight time of the balloon is 45 minutes and the balloon is more than 3000FT.
A witness told Jornal Razao Today earlier: ‘We saw two people on fire. After the basket was broken, the balloon fell completely. ‘
Another was added: When we arrived, there were two people, a mud -covered woman, a man in shock and lame.
There were two bodies near the horses. The balloon was in the forest, it was burning.
“ Firefighters wanted us to move the cars because they could explode due to gas. ‘
Another commented: ‘They said that flying was not even a day.
He burned fire before he fell. Two women jumped and fell into the rocks on the other side of the city. ‘
Residents, the morning of the accident in the region about 30 balloons flew and one of the last to get up, he said.
Emergency services operate in the area where the hot air balloon falls and left at least 8 dead in Santa Catarina
During the hot air balloon journey in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, a woman comes shortly after a week after her death
The shocking boiler is known as a hot air balloon target, Brazil news website G1 Reports.
The excess south of Santa Catarina is usually referred to the Brazilian Cappadocia because of its similarities to the famous tourist balloon area in Türkiye.
The State Fire Department said in a previous statement: ‘Santa Catarina Military Fire Department (CBMSC) responds to a balloon accident in the Municipality of Praia Grande, which is currently on Saturday morning, June 21 in the south of the state.
‘The company confirms four deaths at the scene, and other victims are being treated, wanted and evaluated by our teams.’
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva expressed solidarity with the families and victims of the tragedy.
“ I would like to express my solidarity with the families of the victims of the balloon accident in Santa Catarina on Saturday morning. And I would like to place the federal government at the order of the state and municipal forces working in the rescue and care of the victims and survivors. ‘
During the hot air balloon journey in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, a woman comes after a week after a week.
Juliana Alves Prado Pereira, a psychologist from the Pouso Agere region of Minas Gerais, Brazil, was on a journey with her husband Leandro de Aquino Pereira.
More than 30 people were in a hot air balloon and 11 were injured.
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