Two pilots from Poland were injured after a gas balloon they were piloting in a nationwide race crashed in Texas Monday night. The race is still ongoing.
A gas balloon participating in a cross-country race crashed in Texas Monday night after it hit a power station and exploded, injuring two. Photos provided to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth show the balloon in flames on the side of Farm to Market Road 741 in Kaufman County. Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race officials confirmed to the TV station that the balloon belonged to a team taking part in its race, which began on Oct. 7 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The race is billed as one of the biggest events in aviation. Each participant reportedly gets 1,000 cubic meters of hydrogen gas to use, and the winner is the one who flies the farthest distance The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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