Two missing balloonists!
by Barbora Misakova
I like watching balloons, and I love when they fly at night resembling fireflies. Although I like balloons and their design, I would probably never try to fly in it. I just can’t believe such a “light” and “small” transportation can fly and carry heavy cargos. Accident that happened Thursday just supports my fear. Veteran balloon pilots – Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis – were participating in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race. Now they are missing and U.S. together with Croatian search and rescue teams are searching for them. These two American balloonists disappeared in rough weather over the Adriatic Sea, which is di! stant 60 nautical miles from the Croatian coast and 29 from that Italian one. Uninhabited parts of Croatia’s distant are also scanned, but “there is no news so far about the missing balloon.” said Marina Haluzan, the spokeswoman for the Croatian Ministry of the Sea and Transport. Although Croatian and Italian coastal authorities are in touch and cooperate, their balloon, equipped with a satellite telephone, VHF radios, radar transponder and two mobile telephones couldn’t disappear just like that. “They could not possibly still be flying. If they are on land, they must be in a very remote place.” said flight director Don Cameron. Both balloonists are experienced and won the 2004 edition of the Gordon Bennett race and finished third in the 2006 America’s Challenge gas balloon race. That is probably the reason why are all so optimistic and why they just can’t stop to believe they are going to be located.
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