Nha Trang's balloon exploded

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Update: 18:07, Thursday, Aug 16,2012 (GMT+7)

The balloon worth 1.2 million euro of Hon Tam Joint Stock Company in Khanh Hoa province, Nha Trang city, has exploded at 3p.m today due to a strong whirlwind though it's been lowered and anchored to the ground.

The balloon torn to the ground

The blast caused no damage to people, but quite heavy loss economic to the owner.

The made-in-France balloon which contains 6,000 m³ of helium gas with a diameter of 22 meters, a lighting system and capacity of 20-25 visitors can fly up to 150 meters high.

Hon Tam Joint Stock Company put the balloon into operation on the island of Hon Tam (Nha Trang) from 2010. However, limitation on reaching shore tourists brings the company inefficient ROI, thus it's been moved to the mainland to meet the needs of locals and tourists from April 2012.

The balloon has served 4,000 passengers so far but still no insurance contract was made. Currently, all the repaire works have to be performed at the production site in France.

Nick

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