On 31st Jul 2016, 19:04 thelad wrote:
In the footage i had seen online (now deleted?) it showed the balloon very high up and along way away from power lines, the basket was on fire and the balloon deflated bringing the basket crashing to the ground!
What you saw probably was footage from the tragic May 2014 balloon fire-crash in Virginia that also involved contact with power line(s).
After any high profile event, such as what happened in Texas, a lot of [expletives] post bogus footage on line, to lure people to their page (or YouTube page), for profit or other reasons.
Same with the still picture that was posted online, including by some supposedly reputable media sites, showing a burning balloon soaring into the sky. I believe it also was from the Virginia accident. Definitely was not from this recent Texas event.
(NOTE: Not suggesting anyone here deliberately posted something misleading - they just got suckered. Same with the link to footage that actually was from the "Indio" incident, and has since been removed.)