(1) Thread: Hot air balloon fatal crash in Albuquerque, NM.
Like #Surfside, this is another disaster type about which we New Zealanders can empathize with our American brothers & sisters.
In 2012 a crash in our ballooning region took 11 lives.
stuff.co.nz/national/67997…
Like #Surfside, this is another disaster type about which we New Zealanders can empathize with our American brothers & sisters.
In 2012 a crash in our ballooning region took 11 lives.
stuff.co.nz/national/67997…
(2) TIL that in the US there is insufficient safety regulation of hot air ballooning. The same problem we have here.
I think it goes without saying that drone civil aviation is under-regulated, too.
apnews.com/article/nm-sta…
I think it goes without saying that drone civil aviation is under-regulated, too.
apnews.com/article/nm-sta…
(3) If you're interested in aviation safety, read the news story above about the NZ coroner's findings. These two crashes have a few things in common. Such as trying to out-climb a power line in time. Maybe the emergency rip-out line was not used. Maybe there was panic.
(4) Recreational activities like hot air ballooning, or visiting a Florida beach, are some of the good things in life that many folk waited so long to be able to do again. Pandemic life is rough. Thank you to all the first responders & other essential workers who keep on going.
(5) I really mean that. Cops, fire, ambulance, doctors, nurses, cleaners, grocery workers, delivery drivers... you can't work from home, your workplace stress is extra high, you worry for your own family.
Let's all do more to prevent disasters that are preventable.
Let's all do more to prevent disasters that are preventable.
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