Rare Electrocution Due to Powerline Contact in a Hot-Air Balloon: Comparison with Fatalities from Blunt Trauma

Powerline contact by hot-air balloons is one of the most frequent concurrences in balloon accidents resulting in injury or death. Injuries and deaths are usually a result of blunt trauma from falls. In this report, we describe the aircraft, the circumstances of the accidents and the autopsy data in...

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Published in:Journal of forensic sciences 1992-09, Vol.37 (5), p.1393-1400
Main Authors: McConnell, TS, Zumwalt, RE, Wahe, J, Haikal, NA-A, McFeeley, PJ
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Accidental Falls
Accidents, Aviation
Adult
Aged
Aircraft
Cause of Death
Electric Injuries - pathology
Electrocutions
Female
Forensic pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma - pathology
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - pathology
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Middle Aged
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