Three crew members are safe after a hydrogen air balloon on a transatlantic flight route had to do what the transport safety board is calling a precautionary landing on Prince Eduardo’s island.
“It is with a heavy heart that we have to inform you that the Torabhaig Atlantic Explorer balloon has been forced to land … with a suspicion of gas leak,” says a publication on Torabhaig Atlantic Explorer Flight Control’s Facebook page.
The balloon landed in a swamp near Cardigan, on the east coast of PEI, where crew members stuck, said the JRCC Coordination Center (JRCC) based in Halifax.
The rescue center said a local EMS team treated a crew member for minor injuries, and the three are safe.
“This was a precautionary landing, not necessarily an emergency landing. The balloon landed in a swampy/swampy area and rested from its side,” said Canada’s Transport Security Board in an email to CBC News. The Federal Agency said it is collecting data and evaluating the incident.
Similar attempt in 2024
The Torabhaig Atlantic Explorer aimed to be the first trade of its kind to cross the Atlantic Ocean, according to the group’s website.
According to a series of publications on the website of the group, a similar attempt was made in 2024. The attempt was aborted due to the weather, with the globe that landed in New Brunswick.
A publication on the site said that the balloon, “piloted by Bert Padelt and co-dried by Peter Cneo and Alicia Femleman-Adams, will take the flight as part of a bold adventure of old friends on a trip that will look for new scientific discoveries while becoming the first flight of a ball of the opening hydrogen open basket through the Atlantic.” “
The project’s website said the globe took off from Presque Isle, Maine on May 24.
“His route will take them from Maine on Terranova, Canada, through the Atlantic Ocean, and then in waters of Ireland and Scotland before landing in Europe, crossing many Thousands of miles, “said the site.
In the time before the emergency landing, many islanders of Prince Eduardo noticed the white plane in the sky and published photos and questions about it on social networks.
