Hot air balloon crashes, kills 19

[Spretznaz]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/26/luxor-hot-air-ba lloon-crash-kills-tourists

So it's just another hot, sunny, day in Luxor, Egypt. Or not. 19 tourists were killed just a few hours ago when the hot air balloon they were riding in crashed 1000 feet to the ground. There were only two survivors, the Egyptian pilot and one British tourist. This is said to have been the worst ballooning accident in the world.

I honestly have half a mind to believe it was sabotage, considering tit was in the middle of Egypt and all. But hey, nobody really knows yet, do they?

[Void]

Stupid safety regulations, that's what I think.

[Sevkat]

At 2/27/13 01:13 AM, YellowisCOOL wrote: Stupid safety regulations, that's what I think.

YEAH FUCK EM because egypt is in africa

[Boomstick]

At 2/27/13 01:25 AM, Entice wrote:

At 2/27/13 01:11 AM, Spretznaz wrote: I honestly have half a mind to believe it was sabotage, considering tit was in the middle of Egypt and all.

Who profits from downing a hot air balloon?

You don't have to worry about your deposit on the balloon.

[Cyberdevil]

Makes me think of airships. Those were awesome.

Or so I've been told.

[Art3misZer0]

I find it humorous that a balloon was the reason 19 people got killed.

[PotHeadParadise]

Fuck. bad luck is everywhere bro. you just dont know what to expect next for life.

[Viper]

And this is why I don't plan on going in a hot air balloon.
That and I have a major fear of heights and would be freaking out quite a bit ._.

[ill]

Rest in peace to those who perished.

[Gimmick]

At 2/27/13 10:17 AM, Sekhem wrote:

At 2/27/13 10:14 AM, supergandhi64 wrote: could you accept it though? or would you have to make a stand against it

--supergandhi64

i would be outraged

do you think hot air ballons can consent to sex

i'll fire up your burners any day

[Ceratisa]

We need to regulate Hot air balloons and ban high capacity baskets.

[Ceratisa]

At 2/27/13 10:29 AM, Sekhem wrote:

At 2/27/13 10:27 AM, Ceratisa wrote: We need to regulate Hot air balloons and ban high capacity baskets.

what do you think about the sex drives of hot air ballons

They need chemical castration, clearly.

[Ceratisa]

Why do we NEED hot air balloons? There are other ways to sight see, I don't see why anyone would ever want to hot air balloon.
Regulate them

[WadeFulp]

They should design the baskets to be fire proof and carry a fire extinguisher. They may already do this in the USA, but in these other countries who knows. I wonder if they could equip an emergency parachute so if there is a problem with the balloon they could disconnect it and deploy the parachute. This would only work if the balloon was high enough to allow the parachute time to deploy.

[ChiralAnomaly]

At 2/27/13 10:35 AM, Ceratisa wrote: Why do we NEED hot air balloons? There are other ways to sight see, I don't see why anyone would ever want to hot air balloon.
Regulate them

i believe it was only an isolated incident. hot air balloons are still safe.

i have flown in a hot air balloon in australia once when i was a kid to watch the sunrise. it was a little bit scary at first because i was not used to being airborne, but overall, i enjoyed the flight. the scenery was beautilful.

[Lorkas]

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THEY WERE TOO HOT-HEADED.