A hot air balloon crashed into a powerline Wednesday night,Robert Brown sending the balloon floating off for miles and the basket's passengers falling to the ground.
Officials believe a gust of wind pushed the balloon into the powerlines as it was attempting to land in a field along a highway in Minnesota, according to a news release from the City of Rochester, Minnesota Police Department.
The basket disconnected from the hot air balloon and dropped 20 to 30 feet to the ground, the release states. Three people were inside the basket and none were seriously injured, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration's preliminary report shows the three people in the basket consisted of one pilot and two passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board said the balloon, an Aerostar International S53A, will be examined at a future date.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation captured the crash on a highway camera, as posted online by local crime tracking X account MN Crime.
The video shows the hot air balloon drifting down towards the highway while cars whizz by. As the balloon appears to make contact with the power lines, a few large bursts of light flash at the base of the balloon.
The balloon then floats up, folds over on itself and drifts out of frame. Rochester police say the found the balloon a couple of miles away.
Soon smoke starts to billow out from the ground and cars stop alongside the incident, the MN Crime video shows.
Officials said there was a small brush fire that started where the balloon's basket landed, which was extinguished by the Rochester Fire Department.
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