ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141667
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 07-JAN-2012 |
| Time: | 7:25am LT |
| Type: | Cameron A-210 |
| Operator: | Early Morning Balloons Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-XXF |
| C/n / msn: | 4300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Clareville, near Carterton, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
A Cameron A-210 hot air balloon, registered ZK-XXF, struck 33kV power lines, causing the basket to catch fire. The balloon was engulfed in flames and crashed into a paddock near Somerset Road at Clareville near Carterton, New Zealand.
The balloon operated on a scenic flight.
All eleven occupants were killed.
Sources:
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/12523669/hot-air-balloon-tragedy-claims-eleven-lives/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10777246
http://www.3news.co.nz/11-dead-in-hot-air-balloon-accident-near-Carterton/tabid/423/articleID/238405/Default.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Carterton_hot_air_balloon_crash
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nV0MBgnf5tA/ScvMX3tHuGI/AAAAAAAABwU/putm7C1u9yA/s1600/XXF%2BMS%2B21-03-09%2B(7).JPG (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2012 12:46 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 13:07 | angels one five | Updated [Time] |
| 06-Jan-2012 13:42 | harro | Updated [Source, Damage] |
| 06-Jan-2012 13:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2012 14:32 | 87.211.83.33 | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2012 05:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2012 12:47 | 115.189.58.86 | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 22-Jan-2012 08:14 | 60.234.171.148 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 08:18 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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