Bad news from the Balloon Fiesta

[4CornerFlyer]

Unfortunately there was the first fatality in almost a decade yesterday at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Balloon-Crash.html

I'll be going for tomorrow morning's mass ascension at dawn. It's an amazing event, but I suppose as with all things aviation, not entirely risk-free.

Jon

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Unfortunately there was the first fatality in almost a decade yesterday at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta:

But that didn't stop the news radio guy from saying "this is only the latest death at the balloon fiesta" and then listing every single one back to 1982.