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Electric Line Ripped Off: Hot Air Balloon Misses Landing

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On the evening of Sunday, April 12, a balloon with seven people on board collided with an electric line near Amboise, in Indre-et-Loire. The landing did not go as planned. Two people were very slightly injured. The accident also deprived nearly 400 homes of electricity. These electric cables are, in the pilots' opinion, one of the main dangers for these balloons only carried by the winds. (Police, justice and other facts).

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On the evening of Sunday, April 12, a balloon with seven people on board collided with an electric line near Amboise, in Indre-et-Loire. The landing did not go as planned. Two people were very slightly injured. The accident also deprived nearly 400 homes of electricity. These electric cables are, in the pilots' opinion, one of the main dangers for these balloons only carried by the winds. (Police, justice and other facts).

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A seven-person balloon struck power lines during its landing on Sunday, 13 April, near Amboise (Indre-et-Loire), and two people were slightly injured.

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midilibre.fr broke the news on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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