Tragic: Shocking Footage Of A Fatal Hot Air Balloon Accident
Footage flooded social media of a tragic hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil.
Shocking Footage
Tragic and shocking footage from southern Brazil flooded X and various social media platforms of a hot air balloon accident. WARNING: Some of this footage is graphic and disturbing.
Hot air balloon carrying 21 people crashes in southern Brazil
13 people have survived!
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Another shocking video is making waves online, and this one is hard to watch. It captures the hot air balloon engulfed in flames, forcing passengers to jump from the basket as it plummets to the ground.
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In this post it appears (and according to reports) that the balloon which seemed rather full was struggling to get off the ground from the start though it’s unclear if the passenger load was related to the crash.
Details Of The Accident
Of the 21 passengers, eight perished and 13 thankfully survived. One of those survivors was the pilot of the balloon who recounted the incident.
“According to the pilot, who is one of the survivors, a fire started inside the basket, so he started to lower the balloon, and when the balloon was very close to the ground he told people to jump,” officer Tiago Luiz Lemos, from the Praia Grande police station, told reporters at the scene.
“They started to jump, but some people did not manage to. The flames started to grow and because of the weight, the balloon began to rise again.
“It later fell because of a loss of suspension.” – BBC
It’s clear in one of those videos that, sadly, one person jumped from the balloon before it was able to descend. It’s not clear in media reports just how many were able to jump as the pilot instructed and if that was, in fact, effective in saving lives.
A backup burner in the basket had ignited causing the pilot to descend but it wasn’t enough. Authorities evacuated passengers and cleared the area on concerns further explosions and fire could spread from the gas around the launch zone. The incident occurred on June 21st, 2025 and it’s not clear at the time of writing whether those who initially survived will be able to recover.
Conclusion
A tragic and gruesome hot air balloon incident in southern Brazil that took the lives of 13 of 21 passengers has been shared online. The nature of this incident was graphic and horrifying to witness. It’s quite possible that the pilot of the craft was able to save so many through clever and swift action, but not enough detail is available at this time.