{"id":318,"date":"2013-08-06T21:18:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T21:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balloonteam.net\/montgolfier\/?p=318"},"modified":"2013-09-17T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T21:19:52","slug":"man-dies-in-hot-air-balloon-plunge-independent-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balloonteam.net\/montgolfier\/man-dies-in-hot-air-balloon-plunge-independent-ie\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in hot air balloon plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

A hot air balloon has crashed near the western Swiss town of Montbovon, killing a holidaying father and seriously injuring his wife, two daughters and the pilot.<\/p>\n

Police in the Fribourg region said a 55-year-old American man died at the scene when the balloon fell 165ft after it crashed into an electric power line while trying to land after a two-hour flight from the town of Chateau-d’Oex.<\/p>\n

His wife, also 55, and their two daughters, aged 20 and 24, have life-threatening injuries and were taken by helicopter to hospital.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old pilot also was seriously injured and was taken to hospital by ambulance.<\/p>\n

Authorities have opened an investigation.<\/p>\n

via –\u00a0Independent.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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