Il fuoco sembra essere uno dei pericoli principali, come per le navi.
Pessima notizia:
http://www.corriere.it/foto-gallery/est ... c0bb.shtml
- da quel che si vede nelle foto, le probabilità di sopravvivenza per gli occupanti mi sembrano minimali.
Virginia (USA) - Mongolfiera in fiamme, tre dispersi
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Virginia (USA) - Mongolfiera in fiamme, tre dispersi
"The curve is flattening: we can start lifting restrictions now" = "The parachute has slowed our rate of descent: we can take it off now!"
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger
- Valerio Ricciardi
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Re: Virginia (USA) - Mongolfiera in fiamme, tre dispersi
C'è anche un video, nel quale con mia somma sorpresa debbo dire... non si vede assolutamente nulla di utile (ma lo stanno guardando in tanti, misteri della Rete).
http://video.ilmessaggero.it/index.jsp? ... n-virginia
http://video.ilmessaggero.it/index.jsp? ... n-virginia
"The curve is flattening: we can start lifting restrictions now" = "The parachute has slowed our rate of descent: we can take it off now!"
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger
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Mongolfiera in fiamme in Virginia, USA
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m ... ty-victims

Preparations for the University of Richmond's graduation ceremony were tinged with sadness on Sunday, days after two members of its athletic staff were killed when a hot-air balloon drifted into a power line, burst into flames and crashed.
Undergraduate commencement was scheduled for the afternoon. Meanwhile, investigators were planning to resume their efforts to scour the woods and fields surrounding the site of Friday's balloon crash for the remains of the third person on board the balloon. Two bodies have already been found.
University administrators said in a news release that associate head coach Ginny Doyle and director of basketball operations Natalie Lewis were two of the three people on board the balloon that crashed on Friday night. Investigators haven't said which bodies were found.
"Words cannot begin to express our sorrow," Keith Gill, the school's athletic director, said in a news release. "We are all stunned by the tragic news. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their loved ones."
Lewis just completed her second year as director of basketball operations for the women's team, according to a profile on the university's website. The Buffalo, New York, native was a four-year letter winner and two-time captain of the Spiders' swim team.
A spokeswoman for Lewis' family, Julie Snyder, called Lewis "an amazing person and a strong person, an athlete engaged to be married".
Doyle, who graduated from Richmond in 1992 after a standout basketball career, served on the team staff for 16 years after that – including nine winning seasons. She earned all-conference honors twice as a player.
"As alumnae, classmates, and colleagues – and as invaluable and devoted mentors for our student-athletes – Ginny and Natalie have been beloved members of our community," university President Edward L Ayers said in the news release.
The university canceled two weekend baseball games and held a moment of silence at commencement Saturday for its law school.
Amber Battle, who will be a senior next season, said from her home in Apex, North Carolina, that her coach, Michael Shafer, was keeping the team updated via text messages. He told them that he was also at the balloon festival. "I just can't believe this happened," she said.
Witnesses to the crash described a harrowing sight on the special preview night for the Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival, which was set to open Saturday. The festival was canceled. About 740 people attended the preview event.
On the ground, "It was complete silence," spectator Nancy Johnson said. "There were people praying. It was horrible."
The balloon was among 13 that lifted off Friday night from Meadow Event Park, home to the State Fair of Virginia, and was approaching a landing site nearby. Two of the balloons landed safely before the third hit the live power line, according to police.
The pilot attempted to retain control of the balloon and snuff the fire and two passengers either jumped or fell from the gondola, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.
"Then witnesses recall hearing an explosion and the fire continued to spread," Geller said.
She said another pilot interviewed by investigators described how the pilot tried to open vents to release extra-hot air in an attempt to keep the balloon from rising faster. "Based on witness accounts, he did everything he could to try to save the passengers' lives," Geller said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the crash.
Troy Bradley, past president of the Balloon Federation of America, said most serious accidents on balloons, including fires, electrocution or baskets becoming severed, happen after hitting power lines. Most of the time it's due to pilot error, he said.
Fatal accidents happen less often than with other types of aircraft, Bradley said.
"Hundreds of thousands of flights will go without any notice. That one that hits the news gets all the attention, but ballooning is a very, very safe form of aviation."
Twenty balloonists from the Mid-Atlantic region had been scheduled to participate in the weekend festival, said Greg Hicks, a spokesman for the venue.
Johnson, who went as a spectator to the festival with her husband, photographed the balloon after the accident. She said the crash near the park about 25 miles north of Richmond occurred in an instant.
"One minute the balloons were hovering in a field behind Event Park, the next everyone is pointing at sky," she said.
Carrie Hager-Bradley said she saw the balloon in flames on her way home from the grocery and heard people yelling. "They were just screaming for anybody to help them," she told WWBT TV.

Preparations for the University of Richmond's graduation ceremony were tinged with sadness on Sunday, days after two members of its athletic staff were killed when a hot-air balloon drifted into a power line, burst into flames and crashed.
Undergraduate commencement was scheduled for the afternoon. Meanwhile, investigators were planning to resume their efforts to scour the woods and fields surrounding the site of Friday's balloon crash for the remains of the third person on board the balloon. Two bodies have already been found.
University administrators said in a news release that associate head coach Ginny Doyle and director of basketball operations Natalie Lewis were two of the three people on board the balloon that crashed on Friday night. Investigators haven't said which bodies were found.
"Words cannot begin to express our sorrow," Keith Gill, the school's athletic director, said in a news release. "We are all stunned by the tragic news. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their loved ones."
Lewis just completed her second year as director of basketball operations for the women's team, according to a profile on the university's website. The Buffalo, New York, native was a four-year letter winner and two-time captain of the Spiders' swim team.
A spokeswoman for Lewis' family, Julie Snyder, called Lewis "an amazing person and a strong person, an athlete engaged to be married".
Doyle, who graduated from Richmond in 1992 after a standout basketball career, served on the team staff for 16 years after that – including nine winning seasons. She earned all-conference honors twice as a player.
"As alumnae, classmates, and colleagues – and as invaluable and devoted mentors for our student-athletes – Ginny and Natalie have been beloved members of our community," university President Edward L Ayers said in the news release.
The university canceled two weekend baseball games and held a moment of silence at commencement Saturday for its law school.
Amber Battle, who will be a senior next season, said from her home in Apex, North Carolina, that her coach, Michael Shafer, was keeping the team updated via text messages. He told them that he was also at the balloon festival. "I just can't believe this happened," she said.
Witnesses to the crash described a harrowing sight on the special preview night for the Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival, which was set to open Saturday. The festival was canceled. About 740 people attended the preview event.
On the ground, "It was complete silence," spectator Nancy Johnson said. "There were people praying. It was horrible."
The balloon was among 13 that lifted off Friday night from Meadow Event Park, home to the State Fair of Virginia, and was approaching a landing site nearby. Two of the balloons landed safely before the third hit the live power line, according to police.
The pilot attempted to retain control of the balloon and snuff the fire and two passengers either jumped or fell from the gondola, state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said.
"Then witnesses recall hearing an explosion and the fire continued to spread," Geller said.
She said another pilot interviewed by investigators described how the pilot tried to open vents to release extra-hot air in an attempt to keep the balloon from rising faster. "Based on witness accounts, he did everything he could to try to save the passengers' lives," Geller said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating the crash.
Troy Bradley, past president of the Balloon Federation of America, said most serious accidents on balloons, including fires, electrocution or baskets becoming severed, happen after hitting power lines. Most of the time it's due to pilot error, he said.
Fatal accidents happen less often than with other types of aircraft, Bradley said.
"Hundreds of thousands of flights will go without any notice. That one that hits the news gets all the attention, but ballooning is a very, very safe form of aviation."
Twenty balloonists from the Mid-Atlantic region had been scheduled to participate in the weekend festival, said Greg Hicks, a spokesman for the venue.
Johnson, who went as a spectator to the festival with her husband, photographed the balloon after the accident. She said the crash near the park about 25 miles north of Richmond occurred in an instant.
"One minute the balloons were hovering in a field behind Event Park, the next everyone is pointing at sky," she said.
Carrie Hager-Bradley said she saw the balloon in flames on her way home from the grocery and heard people yelling. "They were just screaming for anybody to help them," she told WWBT TV.

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Cosa dice Tartan?
Ci sedemmo dalla parte del torto visto che tutti gli altri posti erano occupati.
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Re: Virginia (USA) - Mongolfiera in fiamme, tre dispersi
Che una delle cautele indispensabilmente fondamentali che ho sempre ripetuto fino alla nausea a chi volava con me in addestramento è che le linee elettriche devono essere superate in salita alla quota minima del più alto pilone e che si atterra sempre con la linea elettrica alle spalle, anche se questo dovesse significare hard landing.sigmet ha scritto:Cosa dice Tartan?
La mia vita è dove mi spendo, non dove mi ingrasso!
Prima o poi si muore, non c'è scampo, l'importante è morire da vivi.
http://web.tiscali.it/windrider/
Prima di pretendere un diritto devi assolvere almeno ad un dovere.
Prima o poi si muore, non c'è scampo, l'importante è morire da vivi.
http://web.tiscali.it/windrider/
Prima di pretendere un diritto devi assolvere almeno ad un dovere.
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Re: Virginia (USA) - Mongolfiera in fiamme, tre dispersi
Interessante. Soprattutto l'atterraggio con la linea alle spalle. Nel caso dell'aereo spesso le piantate motore avvengono in prossimita' delle linee elettriche . E' difficile valutare l'altezza dei cavi e per questo vanno superate sui piloni e mai sui cavi (ovviamente questo vale per gli aerei ed elicotteri). Se non si e' sicuri di sorvolare la linea ad una quota sufficiente o se questa non ce la siamo gia' lasciata alle spalle come dice Tartan e' preferibile deviare la traiettoria verso una zona libera poiché il tentativo di superarla spesso porta ad uno stallo. L'aereo deve essere sempre sotto controllo! Anche per l'aereo e' meglio un hard Landing controllato (bastano 9 mt per non ammazzarsi!) che un maldestro tentativo di tenerlo per aria a tutti i costi: la fine e' sempre quella dello stallo!tartan ha scritto:Che una delle cautele indispensabilmente fondamentali che ho sempre ripetuto fino alla nausea a chi volava con me in addestramento è che le linee elettriche devono essere superate in salita alla quota minima del più alto pilone e che si atterra sempre con la linea elettrica alle spalle, anche se questo dovesse significare hard landing.sigmet ha scritto:Cosa dice Tartan?
Ci sedemmo dalla parte del torto visto che tutti gli altri posti erano occupati.
- tartan
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Re: Virginia (USA) - Mongolfiera in fiamme, tre dispersi
La procedura di emergenza per la mongolfiera quando non si riesce ad evitare le linee elettriche, è di toccare la linea con la cesta il più vicino possibile al terreno. Mi è capitato in uno dei primissimi voli. Ero a Mondovì con il più bravo dei nostri piloti durante un raduno. Ero a bordo con lui e il vento spinse tutti i palloni verso le montagne. Lui era uno degli organizzatori e si preoccupò di avvisare gli altri del pericolo e quindi li diresse tutti dall'alto. Solo quando tutti furono al sicuro si preoccupò di noi, però ormai eravamo molto avanti e campi adatti non ce ne erano più. Solo un campetto vicino ad una grande linea elettrica, l'ultima spiaggia prima delle alpi. Decise di scendere in quel campo, ci disse di prepararci ad un atterraggio duro e di uscire il più rapidamente possibile dalla cesta. Eravamo in due insieme a lui, tre in tutto. Avvisò l'equipaggio che ci seguiva da presso e con una discesa ripida ma controllata centrò il campetto all'incrocio di due linee e ci gridò FUORI. Feci un tuffo (allora ancora ero in grado) fuori della cesta e con una capriola fui subito in piedi. Mi gridò PRENDI LA CORDA, ma uno dell'equipaggio arrivò di corsa prima di me, afferrò la corda e tentò di allontanare il pallone dalla linea, ma non ci riuscì. Il pallone si adagiò sui fili, li avvicinò quel tanto che bastava e scoccò una scintilla che tagliò in due l'involucro di nailon, che non prese fuoco ma si dissolse in tati punti infuocati che bucarono il resto del pallone. Vidi il membro dell'equipaggio fare un balzo e cadere a terra, per fortuna illeso.
Ancora lo ricordo perfettamente e quando volo dico sempre ai miei passeggeri: non rompete con esclamazioni stupide ma fate sempre attenzione alle linee elettriche e segnalatemele, hai visto mai che non le vedessi!
Ancora lo ricordo perfettamente e quando volo dico sempre ai miei passeggeri: non rompete con esclamazioni stupide ma fate sempre attenzione alle linee elettriche e segnalatemele, hai visto mai che non le vedessi!
La mia vita è dove mi spendo, non dove mi ingrasso!
Prima o poi si muore, non c'è scampo, l'importante è morire da vivi.
http://web.tiscali.it/windrider/
Prima di pretendere un diritto devi assolvere almeno ad un dovere.
Prima o poi si muore, non c'è scampo, l'importante è morire da vivi.
http://web.tiscali.it/windrider/
Prima di pretendere un diritto devi assolvere almeno ad un dovere.