A proposal aboard an illegal hot air balloon in Brazil turned deadly after strong winds caused it to crash — killing a recently married passenger.
Gabrielle Nascimento, 27, and her fiancé, Tiago Kempinas, 37, drove seven hours from Rio de Janeiro home to the city of Boituva in São Paulo on Sunday shortly before 5 a.m. before heading to a “clandestine” operation to board the hot air balloon, the Brazilian news outlet G1 reported.
“As it was very windy in Boituva, I asked a woman, who I believe was the company’s receptionist, if we would fly. She said ‘yes,’” Nascimento recalled.
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Gabrielle Nascimento and her fiancé Tiago Kempinas. G1
“We boarded the plane to a location that we later discovered was clandestine, where two balloons were being
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