Um balão de ar quente, vazio e com o queimador ligado, caiu perto de Eloy. Hot air balloon, deflated with burner on, crashed near Eloy.

Um relatório preliminar do National Transportation Safety Board revelou que o balão de ar quente envolvido em um acidente em 15 de janeiro de 2024, que resultou na morte de quatro pessoas e uma pessoa gravemente ferida, já estava esvaziado com o queimador ligado antes de atingir o chão. A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board revealed that the hot air balloon involved in a crash on January 15, 2024, that resulted in the deaths of four people and one person being critically injured, was already deflated with the burner on before it hit the ground. O acidente ocorreu perto de Sunshine Boulevard e Hanna Road em Eloy, Arizona, cerca de 65 milhas ao sul de Phoenix. The crash occurred near Sunshine Boulevard and Hanna Road in Eloy, Arizona, around 65 miles south of Phoenix. O vôo havia partido de Casa Grande com Eloy como destino. The flight had departed from Casa Grande with Eloy as its destination. O relatório afirma que o envelope do balão estava vazio e apresentava queimaduras, vários painéis danificados e a fita costurada do aro perto do topo desgastada. The report states that the balloon's envelope was deflated and had burn damage, with several panels damaged and the sewn rim tape near the top frayed.