NTSB: Balloon hit power lines before crashing, killing 16

Monday, August 1, 2016

LOCKHART, Texas -- It appears a hot-air balloon made contact with high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in central Texas, killing all 16 people on board, according to federal authorities who are investigating the worst such disaster in U.S. history.

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