Deadly hot air balloon ride! Husband witnesses wife’s death

The victim, Hajnalka, was given the hot air balloon ride as a birthday present from her husband. However, the celebration turned into tragedy when the balloon caught fire on Saturday.

The pilot was on board with three ladies, amongst them Hajnalka, who received the celestial voyage from her husband for her birthday. Her husband had to watch from the ground as the flaming balloon pulled his wife high up into the air, and then as she fell helplessly to her death. The accident was witnessed by several other people who were working on the nearby fields, Blikk reported. Many hurried to the aid of the victims, but Hajnalka could not be saved.

“My daughter and grandchildren were playing in the garden. They are always happy to watch the hot air balloons going up. It was already grey when my daughter rushed inside, ‘Dad, that hot air balloon is on fire!’ she shouted. The vehicle was 150-200 meters high, burned, and objects slipped off of it,” György Hoppár, president of the Vál Civil Guard recalled. He immediately called his companions, they set off by car to help, and soon found the spot where the hot air balloon had hit the ground.

“There were four in the balloon basket, three passengers besides the pilot. The balloon was already on fire when it hit the ground, both the passengers and the pilot got burned, they were trying to jump out, injured. The three of them succeeded, but not one lady, and as the balloon suddenly became lighter, it immediately rose back into the air. And there it fell to pieces,” the civil guard added.