Balloonists Ditch Into Atlantic
Three Dutch balloonists trying to fly from North America to Europe ditched today in the Atlantic, a spokesman for the flight’s control center reported.
No information was available immediately on the fate of crew members Henk Brink, 43, his wife Evelien, 30, and Evert Louwman, 45. The balloon Flying Dutchman, which set out Sunday from St. John’s, Newfoundland, went down about 870 miles southwest of the Irish coast. The balloonists were sighted floating in the gondola and a nearby merchant ship was hurrying to the scene, the British coast guard said.
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