| Date: | Thursday 10 April 2025 |
| Time: | 18:56 BST |
| Type: | Hot Air Balloon |
| Owner/operator: | Virgin Balloon Flights |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Newhouse Road, Earls Colne, near Colchester, Essex, England -
United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex | |
| Confidence Rating: |
Firefighters helped to give first aid and make the scene safe after a hot air balloon collided with power cables in Earls Colne this evening
— Essex Fire Service (@ECFRS) April 10, 2025
Crews worked to cool cylinders in the hot air balloon and worked with UK Power Networks to make the scene safe pic.twitter.com/obDI4E27fV
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2025 12:49 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 12-Apr-2025 14:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 18:20 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |