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Balloon - an unreliable means of transportation
Italian fishermen in the Adriatic Sea have found the remains of two American balloonists. The search for their bodies lasted two months.
7 ph © AP Photo / Donato Fasano via eventr.com
The gondola of the balloon of American balloonists who disappeared two months ago, documents were found dead 47-year-old Richard Abruzzo of Albuquerque and 65-year-old Carol Rymer Davis of Denver.
2. Richard Abruzzo - Hereditary balloonist. His father, Ben Abruzzo was a member of the team that was in 1981 for the first time crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
3. Balloonists participated in the 54th race of Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race. September 25 they, along with 20 other balloons launched from Bristol.
4. On 29 September, when the Americans were flying over the Adriatic Sea in contact with them was lost.
5. After a week of searching, rescuers came to the conclusion that the ball, flying at a speed of about 80 km / h, fell into the water and balloonists are likely dead.
6. As soon as the sailors discovered that their network got the gondola, they reported it to the management port of Vieste. To place the findings was sent a patrol boat that escorted the ship to the port. Currently, investigators are trying to find out, which could lead to an accident the balloon.
7. Reporters gathered at an Italian fishing boat that found the balloon gondola with the bodies of Americans within 17 kilometers north of Vieste in southern Puglia.
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7 ph © AP Photo / Donato Fasano via eventr.com
The gondola of the balloon of American balloonists who disappeared two months ago, documents were found dead 47-year-old Richard Abruzzo of Albuquerque and 65-year-old Carol Rymer Davis of Denver.
2. Richard Abruzzo - Hereditary balloonist. His father, Ben Abruzzo was a member of the team that was in 1981 for the first time crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
3. Balloonists participated in the 54th race of Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race. September 25 they, along with 20 other balloons launched from Bristol.
4. On 29 September, when the Americans were flying over the Adriatic Sea in contact with them was lost.
5. After a week of searching, rescuers came to the conclusion that the ball, flying at a speed of about 80 km / h, fell into the water and balloonists are likely dead.
6. As soon as the sailors discovered that their network got the gondola, they reported it to the management port of Vieste. To place the findings was sent a patrol boat that escorted the ship to the port. Currently, investigators are trying to find out, which could lead to an accident the balloon.
7. Reporters gathered at an Italian fishing boat that found the balloon gondola with the bodies of Americans within 17 kilometers north of Vieste in southern Puglia.
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