Aired by The National Transportation Safety Board Friday, the ruling comes 26 months removed from the deaths of Nicholas Meleski (inset), 62, and two couples he had been transporting.
All five people killed in a hot air balloon crash over the summer died of blunt force trauma. Autopsy reports released by the Office of the Medical Investiga.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The family of a passenger on a hot air balloon that crashed and killed five people in Albuquerque in June is suing the estate of the deceased pilot and the companies that operated the commercial balloon.