The World - News from Aug. 27, 1985

Three Dutch balloonists who set out from Canada in an attempt to cross the Atlantic in record time ditched their craft in the Atlantic about 900 miles west of Land’s End, England, and were picked up unhurt six hours later by a merchant ship, British authorities reported. The balloon, carrying Henk Brink, 43; his wife, Evelien, 30, and Evert Louwman, 45, went down 33 1/2 hours after lifting off from St. John’s, Newfoundland. A search plane spotted the balloon’s gondola in the ocean. The crew reported “technical trouble.”