ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188913
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 July 2016 |
| Time: | 08:00 LT |
| Type: |  Balloon |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, Denver, CO -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The balloon experienced fuel exhaustion after unexpected winds and made a force landing at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC). The balloon sustained unreported damage and the thirteen occupants were uninjured.
Sources:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/07/27/hot-air-balloon-makes-emergency-landing-at-rocky-mountain-metro-airport/
Media:
Here's a picture from today's incident involving the hot air balloon. 13 people were on board, but all were ok. pic.twitter.com/HGxNvmfphj
— North Metro Fire (@NMFirePIO) July 27, 2016
Here's a picture from today's incident involving the hot air balloon. 13 people were on board, but all were ok. pic.twitter.com/HGxNvmfphj
— North Metro Fire (@NMFirePIO) July 27, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2016 14:31 | Geno | Added |
| 28-Jul-2016 18:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
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