Send us a text The dawn over Luxor promises gold on stone and quiet air over the Nile—until one failed part turns awe into catastrophe. We unpack the 2013 hot air balloon crash from the ground up: how balloon flight really works, why landing is the most perilous phase, and how a single aging fuel line set off a chain reaction that no one could stop. With an eye for both human detail and hard mechanics, we follow the timeline from descent to basket fire, from runaway lift to midair explosion w...
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Send us a text The dawn over Luxor promises gold on stone and quiet air over the Nile—until one failed part turns awe into catastrophe. We unpack the 2013 hot air balloon crash from the ground up: how balloon flight really works, why landing is the most perilous phase, and how a single aging fuel line set off a chain reaction that no one could stop. With an eye for both human detail and hard mechanics, we follow the timeline from descent to basket fire, from runaway lift to midair explosion w...
Send us a text Sixty-three excited teenagers and four adult chaperones boarded a church bus on a sunny May morning in 1988, anticipating a day of roller coasters and fun at Kings Island Theme Park. No one suspected their joyful outing would become the deadliest drunk driving accident in American history—and reveal fatal flaws in school bus design that would transform transportation safety forever. The collision itself wasn't fatal. Larry Wayne Mahoney, driving with a blood alcohol level near...
History's A Disaster
Send us a text The dawn over Luxor promises gold on stone and quiet air over the Nile—until one failed part turns awe into catastrophe. We unpack the 2013 hot air balloon crash from the ground up: how balloon flight really works, why landing is the most perilous phase, and how a single aging fuel line set off a chain reaction that no one could stop. With an eye for both human detail and hard mechanics, we follow the timeline from descent to basket fire, from runaway lift to midair explosion w...
