The balloon crashed into power lines last year at the Mid-Atlantic Balloon Festival near Ruther Glen, Virginia. A preliminary report on the crash paints a grim scene as it unfolded.
The May 9, 2014, crash killed the balloon pilot, 65-year-old Daniel Kirk, as well as two passengers: Ginny Doyle, 44, and Natalie Lewis, 24.
In the video, the balloon can be seen drifting over a group of trees until it makes contact with the power lines. Sparks fly, and the base of the ballon bursts into flames.
The camera then pans away, but a woman can be heard shouting.
"Move, move, move it's gonna come this way," the woman says in the video. "Oh God, they're on fire. The people are."
The video was released this week as part of a new report on the crash from the National Transportation Safety Board.
The report paints a grisly picture of the crash: As the balloon drifted toward the power lines, Kirk engaged the burner, "which resulted in a spark." The balloon then caught fire, but also climbed back into the air.
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