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Trains stopped by hot air balloon

London, UK - Man landing on a railway line

Yesterday a hot air balloon landed on a railway track in southwestern England causing trains to be delayed. The police, after reporting the news, added no one was injured. Around 100 balloons had taken off from the International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol. But when pilot Rupert Stanley discovered he was drifting toward the Bristol Channel, a stretch of sea between England and Wales, he decided to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 49048
Rome, Italy, 08/12/2003 09:36
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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