2012 Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash

Aviation accident in Slovenia September 2019 Accident 2012 08 23 y Collision with trees and fire on landing Ljubljana Marsh, Municipality of Ig, Slovenia 45.988754 N 14.526944 E type:event inline,title Lindstrand LBL 600C S5-OLO 32 30 2 6 26 26 On 23 August 2012, a hot air balloon on a commercial sightseeing flight crashed in stormy weather on the Ljubljana Marsh in central Slovenia, killing 6 of the 32 people on board.http://www.sos112.si/slo/clanek.php?catid=27&id=5714 Množična nesreča zaradi strmoglavljenja balona (23.8.2012) Slovenian Mass Disaster due to a Balloon Crash (23 August 2012) Administration for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Slovenia 10 September 2012 22 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211022230555/http://www.sos112.si/slo/clanek.php?catid=27&id=5714 dead https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/hot-air-balloon-crashes-in-slovenia-killing-at-least-4-injuring-28-others/2012/08/23/749f12f2-ed16-11e1-866f-60a00f604425_story.html Hot air balloon crashes in Slovenia killing at least 4, injuring 28 others The Washington Post 23 August 2012 23 August 2012June 2021 medicmedicHot air balloon crash kills four in Slovenia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19354150 BBC News 23 August 2012 23 August 2012 Accident thumb|upright=0.9|The storm front at the time of the crash, looking northwest from Zois Street in Ljubljana On 23 August at 7:54 am CEST (05:54 UTC), a hot air balloon carrying 32 passengers, mostly tourists, crashed and caught fire during a thunderstorm on the Ljubljana Marsh, in the Municipality of Ig, 7 km 0 south of Ljubljana. A sudden weather change caused the pilot to try to land immediately. However, the emergency landing was thwarted by wind shear and the balloon hit nearby trees. A fire then broke out. Aircraft The balloon was a Lindstrand Balloons LBL 600C. It was the largest balloon in the country and the largest serially manufactured balloon in the world.http://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/ucitelj-letenja-baloni-v-nepredvidljivih-razmerah-ne-bi-smeli-leteti.html Pilot drugega balona: Preverjali smo vreme, ni bilo videti neviht ali drastičnih vetrov Slovenian The Pilot of the Second Balloon: We Were Checking out the Weather, There Were no Storms or Drastic Winds 24ur.com 23 August 2012 The basket of the balloon was 5.20 m ft off us long and 1.70 m ftin off wide, and had four compartments.Zerdin Ali The attraction and risks of hot air balloons http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/the-attraction-and-risks-1504589.html 26 August 2012 AJC 23 August 2012 Associated Press Ljubljana Victims Four people on board were immediately killed during the accident and 28 others were injured. The four dead at the scene were charred beyond recognition. All four were from Ljubljana: a couple, their 11-year-old daughter, and a 56-year-old woman. Ten people had to be resuscitated. All of the survivors, aged from about 10 to about 60 years, received medical care.http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/kronika/1042548069 Nesreča balona: Tragedijo naj bi povzročilo striženje vetra pri tleh, pilot brez veljavnega dovoljenja Slovenian The Balloon Crash: The Tragedy Was Presumably Caused by Wind Shear near the Ground, the Pilot Did not Have a Valid License 23 August 2012 Dnevnik.si 4 March 2016 10 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114547/http://www.dnevnik.si/novice/kronika/1042548069 dead Two of the injured people were British and another two were Italian citizens.Four dead, 28 hurt in Slovenia hot air balloon crash http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1221750/1/.html 23 August 2012 Channel NewsAsia 23 August 2012 Ljubljana 25 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120825024137/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1221750/1/.html dead Two of the injured later died: a woman who died two weeks after the accident in Ljubljana,http://www.delo.si/novice/kronika/se-ena-zrtev-podlegla-poskodbam-14-dni-po-nesreci-balona.html Še ena žrtev podlegla poškodbam 14 dni po nesreči balona Delo 6 September 2012 6 September 2012 sl and a 59-year-old man from Ljubljana who died a few days after in Maribor.http://www.rtvslo.si/crna-kronika/balonarska-nesreca-na-barju-zahtevala-se-sesto-zrtev/291142 Balonarska nesreča na Barju zahtevala še šesto žrtev The Ljubljana Marshes Balloon Accident Claims Its Sixth Victim MMC RTV Slovenija 10 September 2012 Aftermath On the same day at 7:00 pm, a mass for the dead and injured was held in St. Michael's Church on the Marshes in Črna Vas by Anton Jamnik, the auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana. It was attended by about 400 people. Slovene Civil Aviation Agency reported on 27 August 2012 that commercial hot air balloon flights were banned temporarily. The duration of the ban was not given, but the balloon crash was cited as the reason for the ban.Slovenia bans hot air balloon flights after fatal crash http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Relax/Story/A1Story20120827-367927.html 27 August 2012 Asiaone News 27 August 2012 Agence France-Presse Ljubljana Throughout the next year, all involved parties coordinated proposals for stricter rules, which were accepted, and new licenses were granted again starting in August 2013. In the meantime, several operators closed because they were prevented from selling flights, while the remaining ones faced severely reduced sales even after the ban was lifted.Alenka Teran Košir 7 July 2015 http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2015/07/zivotarjenje_slovenskih_balonarjev.aspx Životarjenje slovenskih balonarjev Lingering of Slovene hot air balloon operators sl SiOL.net 24 February 2016 9 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150709231132/http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2015/07/zivotarjenje_slovenskih_balonarjev.aspx dead Investigation and trial The investigation by the Slovenian Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission found that the main cause of the accident was the "improper technique used in operating balloon type LBL 600C in the landing phase." Contributory factors were "insufficient meteorological planning" and lack of consideration for the weather conditions at the time of the flight.Final report on the investigation of the aircraft accident involving hot air balloon Lindstrand LBL 600C registration mark S5-OLO, which occurred 23 August 2012 over the Ljubljana Marshes http://www.mzi.gov.si/fileadmin/mzi.gov.si/pageuploads/SPLNI/Porocila/2014/FR_S5_OLO_23082012-ANG.pdf 30 January 2019 Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission 23 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20190130002123/http://www.mzi.gov.si/fileadmin/mzi.gov.si/pageuploads/SPLNI/Porocila/2014/FR_S5_OLO_23082012-ANG.pdf 30 January 2019 dead In a preliminary hearing, the pilot denied all these statements, pleading not guilty to the charge of causing general danger.https://www.rtvslo.si/crna-kronika/pilot-balona-ne-priznava-krivde-za-nesreco-na-ljubljanskem-barju/379326 Pilot balona ne priznava krivde za nesrečo na Ljubljanskem barju The balloon pilot denies responsibility for the accident on Ljubljana Marhses sl 23 November 2015 RTV Slovenija The court trial began in November 2016.https://www.sta.si/2328244/zacenjajo-sojenje-balonarju-miru-kolencu-za-balonarsko-nesreco-na-ljubljanskem-barju Začenjajo sojenje balonarju Miru Kolencu za balonarsko nesrečo na Ljubljanskem barju The trial of Miro Kolenc for the Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash begins sl 26 November 2016 Slovenian Press Agency Two years later, the district court exonerated the defendant, based on an opinion of a foreign expert.https://www.dnevnik.si/1042847047 Balonarska nesreča: Kolenc oproščen Balloon accident: Kolenc exonerated sl 16 November 2018 Dnevnik 16 November 2018 16 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116152523/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042847047 dead See also List of ballooning accidents References 33em Category:2012 in Slovenia Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving balloons and airships Category:August 2012 in Europe Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2012 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Slovenia Category:Ljubljana Marshes Category:Municipality of Ig Category:2012 disasters in Slovenia