And this time, the organizers were shocked by the shattering arrival of one of the balloons on dry land. On October 11, a hot air balloon suddenly crashed into a radio tower, causing it to collapse.

A LBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A hot-air balloon struck and collapsed a radio tower Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the city's famous festival — the second time in 20 years that a balloon ...

PARIS--A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris ... through curtains of water cascading down from Austerlitz ...