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This is what the research indicates. Aerocivil asked to refrain from launching balloons or other uncontrolled and unauthorized artifacts.
The Civil Aeronautics reported that the large balloon that hit a passenger aircraft at Bogotá’s El Dorado airport on December 31 would have arrived from the Aburrá Valley, in Antioquia.
“The investigation has found evidence that indicates, with a very high probability of certainty, that the large balloon that hit the aircraft was launched from somewhere in the Aburrá valley, Antioquia,” says the entity’s statement.
Read for context: Pyrotechnic balloon caused alarm at El Dorado airport
“The Civil Aeronautics reiterates its warning to the community in general to refrain from launching balloons or other uncontrolled and unauthorized artifacts, as they put air safety at risk, since they can impact aircraft or fall on runways or airport facilities, such as demonstrated in the event that took place in Eldorado, on December 31 last, “he added in the statement.
On the other hand, he called on civil authorities, “especially City Halls and Recreation Institutes, to refrain from authorizing such launches without any type of control, ignoring the serious risks that an artifact in the air that can move to unexpected and unsuspected places and cause air accidents and damage to all kinds of infrastructure.
In the incident in which the passenger flight, of the Avianca airline, was impacted, no people were affected. The aircraft came from Orlando, Florida (USA) and did not register any damage after an inspection by the fire department that is present in El Dorado.
