Champion Polish balloon pilot dies after crash in Zielona Góra
Jagoda Gancarek, a 28-year-old Polish hot-air balloon pilot and national champion, died Monday after being thrown from a balloon basket during a crash in...
Vilnius Airport temporarily suspends flights again over suspected Belarus balloon intrusion
Vilnius Airport temporarily suspended operations on Tuesday evening after navigational markers consistent with balloons were detected in a designated danger zone, prompting authorities to...
Lithuania declares nationwide emergency over smuggler balloons from Belarus
Lithuania has declared a nationwide emergency in response to increasing numbers of smuggling balloons drifting into its territory from neighbouring Belarus. The government approved...
Vilnius Airport shut again after suspected smuggling balloons enter airspace
Lithuania’s main airport was forced to halt operations once more on Sunday after suspected contraband-carrying balloons were detected in its airspace, marking at least...
Lithuania closes Belarus border indefinitely after repeated airspace violations by balloons
Lithuania has closed all border crossings with Belarus indefinitely after balloons launched from Belarus violated its airspace for the third consecutive night, forcing multiple...
One dead, five injured in hot air balloon accident in Friesland
A tragic hot air balloon accident in the northern Dutch village of De Hoeve claimed one life and left five people injured on Wednesday...
At least eight killed in hot air balloon crash in Southern Brazil
At least eight people were killed on Saturday, June 21st, after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in southern Brazil, authorities have...
Hot air balloon crash in Turkey kills pilot, injures 31 tourists
A hot air balloon crashed near the Ihlara Valley in Turkey’s Aksaray province, killing the pilot and injuring 19 Indonesian tourists after a sudden...
Hot air balloon makes unexpected landing near Overijse, Belgium
Last night, on 26 August, a Belgian family living in Overijse helped a balloon pilot during an unexpected landing. The balloon encountered difficulties when...
[Chambley Aerodrome, France] Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2023 kicked off
Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2023
July 21st > July 30th, 2023
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet.
Chambley Aerodrome, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
On Friday July 21st, the Grand...
A hot air balloon in difficulty in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium: several injured
The emergency services were called to rescue this Thursday evening in Thimister-Clermont, in the Province of Liège, following the crash landing of a hot...
The FAA restricts airspace on Carolinas coast for “national security effort” as President Biden orders to shoot down Chinese balloon
The United States and have been tracking the trajectory of a Chinese surveillance balloon flying at high altitude for several days over sensitive military...
The Chinese balloon flying high over the US and suspected to be a spy device is a research balloon gone astray
The United States and Canada have been tracking the trajectory of a Chinese balloon flying at high altitude for several days over sensitive military...
[Chambley Aerodrome, France] Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2021 kicking off
Grand Est Mondial Air Ballons 2021
July 23rd > August 1st 2021
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet.
Chambley Aerodrome, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
On Friday July 23rd, the Grand...