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Deputies chase boy floating in balloon aircraft
6-year-old takes off in family's experimental helium-balloon craft
updated 33 minutes ago
FORT COLLINS. Colo. - Authorities were scouring the skies Thursday for a 6-year-old boy who unhooked his family's experimental balloon-powered aircraft and floated away from home, sheriff's officials said.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Department said the boy's family had been building an experimental aircraft that had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home, KUSA-TV reported. The aircraft was approximately 20 feet by 5 feet and covered in tin foil, the station said.
On Thursday morning, according to the family and officials, the boy got onto the aircraft and detached the rope holding it in place.
Several people in the neighborhood said they saw the aircraft floating over their homes and some snapped pictures.
Officials were scrambling to figure out how to rescue the boy.
The craft, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet, Larimer sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Its being shown live on the cable news channels right now.
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Courtesy of Lisa Eklund
A balloon aircraft floats above Fort Collins, Colo., on Thursday. Authorities said a 6-year-old boy was carried aloft after the balloon got away from his family.
6-year-old takes off in family's experimental helium-balloon craft
updated 33 minutes ago
FORT COLLINS. Colo. - Authorities were scouring the skies Thursday for a 6-year-old boy who unhooked his family's experimental balloon-powered aircraft and floated away from home, sheriff's officials said.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Department said the boy's family had been building an experimental aircraft that had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home, KUSA-TV reported. The aircraft was approximately 20 feet by 5 feet and covered in tin foil, the station said.
On Thursday morning, according to the family and officials, the boy got onto the aircraft and detached the rope holding it in place.
Several people in the neighborhood said they saw the aircraft floating over their homes and some snapped pictures.
Officials were scrambling to figure out how to rescue the boy.
The craft, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet, Larimer sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33330516/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Its being shown live on the cable news channels right now.
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Courtesy of Lisa Eklund
A balloon aircraft floats above Fort Collins, Colo., on Thursday. Authorities said a 6-year-old boy was carried aloft after the balloon got away from his family.
