VARIOUS: BRANSON AND FOSSETT RESCUED FROM SEA AFTER LATEST ROUND-THE-WORLD BALLOON ATTEMPT ENDS IN FAILURE.

Record ID: 991434

  • Title: VARIOUS: BRANSON AND FOSSETT RESCUED FROM SEA AFTER LATEST ROUND-THE-WORLD BALLOON ATTEMPT ENDS IN FAILURE.
  • Date: 26th December 1998
  • Summary: IN FLIGHT, AT SEA AND ON OAHU ISLAND, HAWAII, USA AND UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UK AND FILE (DECEMBER 25, 1998 AND FILE) (SEE INDIVIDUAL SHOWS BELOW FOR EXACT RESTRICTIONS) IN FLIGHT OFF OAHU ISLAND, HAWAII (DECEMBER 25, 1998) (ITN - "Access up to 2 minutes only/ No access to pictures 48 hours after 2230gmt DECEMBER 25TH 1998 Must on-screen credit for minimum of 5 seconds "Pictures from ITN".) 1. VARIOUS OF BALLOON IN AIR SHORTLY BEFORE DITCHING IN SEA AT SEA, OFF OAHU ISLAND, HAWAII, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 25, 1998) (US COAST GUARD VIDEO - ACCESS ALL) 2. VARIOUS AS BALLOON CRASHES INTO THE SEA 3. RICHARD BRANSON BEING BROUGHT ABOARD HELICOPTER IN BASKET 4. STEVE FOSSETT BEING BROUGHT ABOARD HELICOPTER IN RESCUE BASKET 5. PER LINDSTRAND BEING BROUGHT ABOARD HELICOPTER IN BASKET OAHU ISLAND, HAWAII, USA (DECEMBER 25, 1998) (KHNL - NO ACCESS ABC AMERICA/ CBS/ FOX/ SKY OR THEIR AFFILIATES) 6. HELICOPTERS BRINGING BALLOON PILOTS, RICHARD BRANSON, STEVE FOSSETT AND PER LINDSTRAND TO COAST GUARD BASE 7. CLOSE UP OF HELICOPTER IN WHICH BRANSON AND FOSSETT ARE TRAVELLING 8. HELICOPTER TAXIING/BRANSON CLIMBS OUT HELPED BY COASTGUARD 9. FOSSETT CLIMBS OUT 10. CUTAWAY 11. BOTH MEN WALK TOWARDS HELICOPTER CARRYING LINDSTRAND/BRANSON HUGS LINDSTRAND 12. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) BRANSON SAYING "We're obviously marginally disappointed that we didn't make it the whole way, we really thought we had it in our grasp and then we hit this wall of bad weather and we just couldn't get the balloon through it...but here we are in Hawaii and looking forward to going home and seeing our families since it's Christmas Day.......when we landed we were just dragged for miles and miles and then water was starting to come into the capsule and we were fortunate to throw ourselves away from it." 13.SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) FOSSETT ASKED AT WHAT POINT DID HE DECIDE THEY WERE GOING TO DITCH "Oh, in the middle of the night we decided it was a hopeless situation and we decided we would take the opportunity to fly as close as we could to Hawaii to make an easy rescue".... REPORTER ASKS WHAT THE LANDING WAS LIKE, FOSSETT REPLIES "We were dragged for at least a couple of miles and probably bounced 50 times before the balloon finally settled down...so that we could get outside the capsule and jump into the water" 14.(SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) LINDSTRAND ASKED BY REPORTER WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU ARE BEING PULLED ACROSS THE WATER "Oh, a lot of things - we shouldn't have been there in the first place because there is an explosive release which cuts the envelope and it has six pins - we couldn't get them out before the landing because of the bad weather and freezing conditions so we had to take the chance and drag the balloon up - the choice would have been parachuting and the swells didn't look that bad, but when we came down the swells were horrendous" 15. CUTAWAY IN FLIGHT (DECEMBER 25, 1998) (ITN - SEE RESTRICTIONS ABOVE) 16. BALLOON SEEN FROM PLANE 17. ON BOARD SHOT OF CAPSULE 18. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) BRANSON SAYS: "It's mixed feelings, obviously we'd all love to be with our families and with our children, on the other hand I think our children understand why we're doing what we're doing, it's the most incredible adventure and something which we're sharing with our children and hopefully with all other children around the world." 19. AERIAL SHOTS OF BALLOON (FILE - MARRAKESH, MOROCCO 1997) (UK POOL - ACCESS ALL) 20. VIRGIN CHALLENGER TAKING OFF ON THE SHORT-LIVED ROUND THE WORLD ATTEMPT BY BRANSON (FILE - AT SEA OFF IRELAND) (1987) (BBC - NO ACCESS UK) 21. BRANSON'S TRANSATLANTIC BALLOON LANDING IN THE SEA/ HELICOPTERS USED TO RESCUE BRANSON AND CO-PILOT PER LINDSTRAND Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: IN FLIGHT, AT SEA / OAHU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, USA/ UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UK/ FILE
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  • Country: USA United States AT SEA England United Kingdom
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