The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has emphasised the importance of good decision-making following a hot air balloon collision near Alice Springs last year.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleThe Australian Transport Safety Bureau has emphasised the importance of good decision-making following a hot air balloon collision near Alice Springs last year.
On July 18, two hot air balloons carrying 35 people took off near Alice Springs. About 15 minutes into the journey, one pilot decided to descend in order to slow his balloon down, but incorrectly judged the positioning and speed of the other balloon. While descending, he realised the other balloon was flying lower and more slowly than he had initially assessed, and recognised that a collision was unavoidable. If the basket collided with the other balloon, it could tear the balloon and have catastrophic outcomes. So instead, they navigated so just the balloons bumped, at a slow speed.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Alice Springs residents weigh $1.5 billion class action against Northern Territory governmentAn Alice Springs business owner has used a crowded community meeting to try to rally support for a class action against the Northern Territory government, citing damages from an ongoing crime wave plaguing the town.
Read more »
Alice Springs residents plead with govt to ‘help them save their town’Sky News host Peta Credlin says she heard first-hand from Alice Springs residents “just how bad” the town’s crime is, as locals plead with the territory and federal governments to “help them save their town”. “They’ve got a lot of the answers – only to date, no one is listening to them,” she said. She said part of the reason for this is the government has been “focused on a new constitutionally-entrenched Indigenous Voice to the Parliament”. “It hasn’t been listening to the Indigenous voices in Alice and elsewhere, warning that there’s a worsening disaster in remote Australia,” Ms Credlin said.
Read more »
'Proof is in the pudding': Alice Springs councillor's call for helpAn Alice Springs councillor has revealed what it is really like for children growing up in Alice Springs as he called on Chief Minister Natasha Fyles to 'look at the data' around community crime rates and reinstate alcohol bans.
Read more »
Credlin details how Alice Springs locals are at breaking pointPeta Credlin has detailed the horrifying scenes she witnessed in the crime-ridden Alice Springs and how distressed locals are at breaking point due to government negligence.
Read more »