Two killed in hot air balloon crash

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;01&sol;two-killed-in-hot-air-balloon-crash&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full" title&equals;"Two men were killed when a hot air balloon crashed near a country club in Somerset" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;01&sol;min-two-killed-in-hot-air-balloon-crash&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Two men were killed when a hot air balloon crashed near a country club in Somerset"&sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A hot air balloon on a high-altitude flight lost control and plummeted to the ground&comma; killing both occupants&comma; emergency services have said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The accident occurred shortly after 9&period;30am on Saturday morning close to the grounds of a golf club in Midsomer Norton&comma; near Bath&comma; Somerset&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A ground crew tracking the balloon lost sight of the aircraft in the clouds shortly before it came down&comma; according to Avon Fire and Rescue Service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two men were pronounced dead at the scene&period; No other aircraft were thought to be involved in the accident and no one on the ground was injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is thought that the occupants of the balloon were attempting to ascend to 20&comma;000ft when something went wrong&comma; causing the balloon to fall rapidly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sarah Allen&comma; spokeswoman for Avon Fire and Rescue Service&comma; said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We believe the balloon was attempting a high-altitude flight&period; It was being monitored by Bristol Air Traffic Control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;They had a ground crew with them that lost the balloon in the clouds&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She added that family members of the two victims in the balloon were among the team attempting to follow the aircraft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Emergency services started receiving calls about the incident at 9&period;47am&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Witnesses reported seeing the balloon plummet from the sky&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69e3dc8839191">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-69e3dc8839191'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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