Concerns Over Safety Standards Grow After Balloon Accident in Cappadocia,Turkey

Travel Rob 12/17/148:13 PM

A hot air balloon crashed in Guvercinlik Valley on Wednesday, killing one man and leaving another in critical condition.

This marks the third crash since 2009 in Cappadocia and there are rising concerns about ballooning safety standards in Turkey.

In some countries, like the UK, ballooning is considered very safe because of strict standards.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra...t-in-Cappadocia.html

To see more about Cappodocia,Turkey -read HSussman's 'Goreme, Cappadocia: Where Gumbo Was (#69)'

https://www.travelgumbo.com/blo...a-where-gumbo-was-69

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DrFumblefingerGumbo Guru

I'm glad MAD Travel Diaries had a safe balloon ride in Cappadocia.

Sad to read this, Rob, because it's such a great setting to go ballooning in.

12/17/1411:46 PM

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Travel RobGumbo Guru

Hopefully there will be stricter standards coming.

I was amazed to read how safe ballooning really is when there are those strict safety standards.

The Telegraph article stated in the UK ,since the beginning of commercial flying in the late eighties, only one fatality out of 2.5 million people that have flown. That's way safer then driving to get on the balloon

12/21/1411:17 AM

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