More than half of all ballooning deaths are falls of people assisting because they didn't let go of a rope in time.
so whats that.... half a death every 2 decades?
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx
Select category=balloon and injury severity=death and read away. It looks like I overestimated. Lots of power line death in there.
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