What the records say
- When
- 30 Jul 2016
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 29.89° N, 97.76° W
- Description
- hot air balloon crash near Lockhart, Texas, United States
- Deaths
- 16
2016 Lockhart hot air balloon crash
Hot air balloon crash in Texas, United States
On July 30, 2016, 16 people were killed when the hot air balloon they were riding in struck power lines, crashed and caught fire in the unincorporated community of Maxwell, near Lockhart, Texas, 30 miles (50 km) south of the state capital Austin. It is the deadliest ballooning disaster to ever occur in the United States.
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