ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136868
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 25-JUN-2011 |
| Time: | 05:02 LT |
| Type: | Wörner NL-1000/STU |
| Operator: | Ballongruppe Rapperswil |
| Registration: | HB-QHJ |
| C/n / msn: | 1075 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fisibach/AG -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bad Zurzach - offshore |
The balloon lost his gas at an altitude of 2500m and began to sink very fast. HB-QHJ crashed with a high vertical speed to the ground and damaged the roof of a house.
One passenger was killed, the pilot and the other passenger received minor injuries.
Sources:
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/ein-toter-nach-ballonabsturz-im-aargau-115185
http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2011/06/25/Schweiz/AG-Ein-Todesopfer-nach-Gasballon-Absturz
http://ballonfrieden.freeflux.net/files/hb-qhj.jpg (photo)
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-QHJ_2011.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2011 07:01 | TB | Added |
| 25-Jun-2011 07:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 28-Jun-2011 10:37 | 159.149.134.17 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Nov-2011 17:03 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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