Pjotr Halas was competing in an international gas balloon race last month with his co-pilot Krzystotf Zapart when their balloon went down in Kaufman County and.
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A competitive gas balloon pilot who, along with another man, crashed into power lines earlier this week in North Texas said they were shot at before they went down.
One of the pilots in the sports balloon that caught fire Monday night says someone was shooting at them moments before they made an emergency landing in Kaufman County. The lead pilot, Krzystotf Zapart of Poland, who was seriously injured, said it was gunfire, not mechanical failure, that brought hi