Year after deadly balloon crash, parents want change 7 hours from now
Scott and Laura Douglas were killed last year in a hot air balloon crash. Scott's parents, Harvey and Jan Douglas, remember their children through family photo albums.
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Pilot took 7 different drugs – including Valium and OxyContin -…
Neighbor Margaret Wylie says she heard pops before seeing a giant fireball when a hot air balloon caught fire in central Texas, killing at least 16 people. The balloon erupted into a giant fireball near the town of Lockhart, about 35 miles south of Austin.
‘He couldn’t drive a car but he could pilot a hot-air balloon’:…
The hot air balloon hit power lines and caught fire before crashing to the ground in Lockhart, Texas, on Saturday morning Pilot Alfred 'Skip' Nichols, 49, had been charged with drunk driving four times, was banned from driving a car and had been to prison twice He was convicted of a drug crime in 2000 and spent about a year and a half in prison before being paroled He was returned to prison in April 2010 after his parole was revoked because of his drunken driving conviction that year Consumers were warned three times about his previous balloon firm based in St Louis and complaints had been made against his new company - Heart of Texas Victims include a woman and her mom celebrating Mother's Day and a newlywed couple, who shared photos from the balloon before the crash The hot air balloon owner who crashed in Texas and killed all 16 people aboard had been arrested for drunken driving four ... (more)
NTSB: Balloon hit power lines before crashing, killing 16
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Authorities confirm 16 dead in Texas balloon crash
Police cars block access to the site where a hot air balloon crashed early Saturday, July 30, 2016, near Lockhart, Texas. At least 16 people were on board the balloon, which Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Luns... .
‘A lot of last names were the same’ among balloon-crash victims
Authorities confirmed Sunday that 16 people were killed in the fiery crash of a hot air balloon in Central Texas, saying it will take "a long process" to identify the victims of the worst such disaster in U.S. history. Although the National Transportation Safety Board did not identify the company operating the balloon or its pilot involved in Saturday's crash, two officials familiar with the investigation said it was run by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides .
Officials: No apparent survivors in Texas balloon crash
Investigators surround the scene in a field near Lockhart, Texas where a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people collided with power lines Saturday, July 30, 2016, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life." Investigators surround the scene in a field near Lockhart, Texas where a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people collided with power lines Saturday, July 30, 2016, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life."
Debris of the balloon is seen in a field near Lockhart, Texas. Photo: Xinhua
'It went up like a big fireball': witness heard popping sounds before hot air balloon crashed near power lines in Texas killing 16 The accident on a rural field in central Texas occurred about three years after 19 people, including nine Hongkongers, were killed in a hot-air balloon crash in Luxor, Egypt A hot air balloon burst into flames over central Texas after apparently striking power lines and plunged into a field, killing all 16 people aboard in one of the deadliest such accidents on record, police and eyewitnesses said. The Federal Aviation Administration said the fiery crash occurred at about 7:40 a.m. Saturday near Lockhart, a town about 50km south of Austin, the Texas capital.
The Latest: Sources: Heart of Texas operated balloon
Two officials familiar with the investigation into the crash in Texas of a hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people say it was operated by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides. The hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in a pasture Saturday morning near Lockhart, which is about 30 miles south of Austin.
Multiple deaths in Texas hot air balloon crash
LOCKHART, Texas -- A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday, causing what authorities described as a "significant loss of life." Erik Grosof with the National Transportation Safety Board would not provide an exact number of how many people died.
Tim Lawson In Custody Following Multi-County Manhunt
The Clay County sheriff says Tim Lawson was arrested Saturday following a multi-county manhunt. Lawson is accused of at least a dozen crimes in four counties over the last week.