ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A woman participating in the city's annual balloon festival fell from the tipped basket of a hot air balloon Monday, and plunged 60 to 70 feet to her death, state police said.
The name of the woman, one of five people aboard the balloon's gondola, was not immediately released.
The balloon became stuck on a fiberoptic line about 8 a.m. MDT, and the pilot threw a tether to a pickup truck on the ground to reel the balloon down and free it, state police spokesman Andrew Tingwall said.
However, the tether broke and the balloon flew back up, causing its gondola to tip and the woman to fall out, Tingwall said.
Emergency medical technicians tried to revive her in a dirt field where she fell, but were unsuccessful, he said. Full Story - Flying Magazine - Doral Cigarettes - Enterprise Rent A Car
The name of the woman, one of five people aboard the balloon's gondola, was not immediately released.
The balloon became stuck on a fiberoptic line about 8 a.m. MDT, and the pilot threw a tether to a pickup truck on the ground to reel the balloon down and free it, state police spokesman Andrew Tingwall said.
However, the tether broke and the balloon flew back up, causing its gondola to tip and the woman to fall out, Tingwall said.
Emergency medical technicians tried to revive her in a dirt field where she fell, but were unsuccessful, he said. Full Story - Flying Magazine - Doral Cigarettes - Enterprise Rent A Car
