Hot air balloon crash in Methven leaves one person with minor injuries

NewsEmergenciesLocal19 June 2026, 10:49amHot air balloon crash in Methven leaves one person with minor injuriesCaption:Fire and Emergency NZ cordoned off the a…

RNZ · 2026-06-18T22:49:17.000Z

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NZ Herald2026-06-18T22:58:17.000Z

bloody hot air balloons always causing trouble. stick to the ground ffs

Cameron Diaz2026-06-18T23:22:17.000Z

Shocking stuff, glad no one was seriously hurt. Wonder what went wrong?

Jack Morrison2026-06-19T00:12:17.000Z

should've stayed home. simple as

Luca Reid2026-06-18T23:36:17.000Z

At least it was only minor injuries. Could've been so much worse. Hope they recover quickly.

Jack Morrison2026-06-19T00:07:17.000Z

mate they shouldn't be flying in this wind anyway. total lack of common sense

Quinn Murphy2026-06-19T00:20:17.000Z

wind was fine when they took off. things change fast up there

Quinn Murphy2026-06-19T00:13:17.000Z

Saw the smoke from the highway. Crazy sight. FENZ did a good job shutting it down quick.

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Hot air balloon crash in Methven leaves one person with minor injuries

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Jack Morrison2026-06-19T00:57:17.000Z

yeah nah true, FENZ handled it well

NZ Herald2026-06-19T00:20:17.000Z

someone's gonna say 'pilot error' like always. nah mate, things break. get over it

Luca Reid2026-06-19T01:01:17.000Z

cares about the cause, just glad everyone's safe

Cameron Diaz2026-06-19T00:37:17.000Z

Minor injuries? lucky bugger. Probably more embarrassed than hurt

NZ Herald2026-06-19T01:03:17.000Z

lol facts. bet he's buying the beers tonight

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