From time to time it is important to be reminded of the potential hazards of a sport involving highly flammable gasses – an aspect of both hot air and gas ballooning.<\/p>\n
The danger is not limited to while the flight is actually taking place.<\/p>\n
As this video shows, there is also a very real danger when transporting your balloon and gas cylinders to your next event.<\/p>\n
Taken on a highway in Russia, the films shows a truck carrying bottles of gas speeding through traffic and then breaking suddenly in congestion whereupon it is involved in a fairly minor collision. The results, though, are spectacular, catastrophic and horrifying with cylinders falling off the truck, fracturing and spewing vapour which is then ignited into a fire lasting several minutes with sporadic explosions throwing shrapnel and even entire cylinders across both carriageways.<\/p>\n
Before you head out for your next flight, consider how your rig is loaded. Could you avoid a similar situation occurring, and what steps would you take if your balloon truck or trailer were rear-ended?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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