Pilot among those killed in crash in remote section of desert after unspecified problem with balloon’s envelope, officials say
Four people died and a fifth was critically hurt after a hot air balloon crashed early on Sunday morning in a remote section of Arizona desert.
Micah Powell, mayor of the Pinal county town of Eloy near the crash site, said 13 people – eight skydivers, four passengers and a pilot – had been in the basket of the balloon. The skydivers had already jumped when the accident occurred.