NTSB report attributes a 2024 hot air balloon crash with 4 deaths to pilot error for a premature rapid deflation maneuver.

The balloon had been carrying 13 people at takeoff. Eight of them were skydivers who had left the craft before issues arose.

The NTSB concluded that if the pilot had used a controlled release of air instead of quickly releasing it, the accident would ...

A new National Transportation Safety Board report concluded that a fatal hot air balloon crash in 2024 in southern Arizona ...