Blimp Crash U.S. Open

• queencitybuckeye

  Very recent, few details yet. Appears some number of persons parachuted out.
  
  http://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/video-us-open-blimp-crashes-near-course
• gut

  Parachuted out!?!? Damn.
  
  Note to self: blimp travel probably not safe.
• Laley23

  

  My buddy is working that event. Texted me when it happened..."sooo, uh, blimp just crashed. Now smoke on horizon. Not something I thought I'd ever type in 2017".
  
  I guess it was a sponsor blimp, not the network blimp. Pilot is apparently only injury, as everyone else was able to parachute out unharmed.
• QuakerOats

  Crazy ......glad no fatalities.
• 4cards

  

  ...probably shot down by N.Korea!
• SportsAndLady

  

  I'll be there Saturday and will report back if it's the Koreans.
• Fab4Runner

  

  Riding in the Goodyear Blimp is still life goals.
• QuakerOats

  ESPN.com learned that blimp crew chief Matt Schmidt saved pilot Trevor Thompson's life by pulling him away from the burning wreckage before two gas tanks exploded. Schmidt told ESPN.com that Thompson suffered burns on his back and the back of his neck and head. The pilot was wearing a fire-resistant suit. Thompson didn't know why the blimp suddenly lost pressure & plunged from the sky.
• Ironman92

  

  SportsAndLady;1859228 wrote:I'll be there Saturday and will report back if it's the Koreans.

  How far from there are you?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Ironman92;1859273 wrote:How far from there are you?

  2 hours