No survivors in Texas hot air balloon crash
Published at | Updated at(CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 10:43 p.m.]
There are no survivors in the crash of a hot air balloon Saturday in Lockhart, Texas, the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to CNN affiliate TWC News Austin.
The Federal Aviation Administration said there were 16 people on board.
[Original story, published at 10:20 p.m.]
A large hot-air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught fire in flight and crashed in a central Texas pasture Saturday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The crash happened in Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin, around 7:40 a.m. CT, FAA representative Lynn Lunsford said.
The FAA did not immediately have any information about casualties.