Carterton hot air balloon crash

[Jim Eshelman]

This occurred January 7, 2012, 7:22 AM, near Carterton, NZ, at 41S01"04", 175E32'42". All 11 people aboard died. Pilot error (probably because blood tests showed the pilot was higher than the balloon) led to entanglement in power lines during an attempted landing. This started a fire that ultimately destroyed the balloon (reascended to about 500 feet).

It was New Zealand's deadliest air disaster of any kind in 49 years. Among balloon disasters, it ranks fourth deadliest in the world.

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Neptune sq. (1°02').

Year: Cansolar
Mercury on EP (1°49')
Moon sq. MC (0°51')
Moon-Mercury op. (1°55' in mundo)
Sun on Asc (4°45')
Venus on Asc (9°49')

Bridge
t. Neptune sq. Capsolar Moon 9/3-1/13
t. Jupiter sq. Cansolar Asc 11/11-2/8
-- Overlap 11/11-1/13
t. Mars on Capsolar angles 12/8-18, 12/24-1/15
Event window: December 8-18, December 24 to January 13

Quarter: Libsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto op. (2°06').

Month: Capsolar
Venus sq. MC (0°26')
Moon on Dsc (5°32')
Sun on Dsc (6°27')
Pluto on Dsc (7°30')
Jupiter on MC (9°46' stationary)
-- Sun-Pluto conj. (1°09' in mundo)
-- Jupiter-Pluto sq. (1°44' in mundo)
-- Moon/Sun on Dsc (0°28')
-- Moon/Pluto on Dsc (0°59')
Moon-Saturn sq. (3°00')

Week: Arilunar
Moon on Dsc (2°41')
Pluto on IC (3°07')
-- Moon-Pluto sq. (0°26' in mundo)
Mars-Uranus op. (2°30' in mundo)
-- Uranus on Dsc (3°38')
-- Mars on Asc (6°08')
Moon-Saturn op. (3°28')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
p. MC conj. t. Moon (1°45')
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t. Mars sq. s. MC (0°12')
t. Neptune sq. s. Moon (0°49')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. Dsc conj. p. Mercury (0°54'), s. Mercury (1°44')
p. Moon-Neptune conj. (0°44')
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t. Jupiter sq. s. Asc (0°55')
t. Venus op. s. EP (1°50')


SUMMARY
Year (Capsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Neptune.
Year (Cansolar): Moon Mercury (Sun Venus). Moon-Mercury.
Bridge: Mars Neptune (Cap). Jupiter (Can).
-- Quarter (Libsolar): (Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.
Month: Venus (Moon Sun Jupiter Pluto). Mo/Su Moon-Saturn Mo/Pl Sun-Pluto Jupiter-Pluto.
-- Week: Moon (Mars Uranus Pluto). Moon-Saturn Moon-Pluto Mars-Uranus.
Day (Capsolar): Moon (CapQ). Mars Moon-Neptune (transits).
-- Day (Cansolar): Mercury Moon-Neptune (CanQ). Venus Jupiter (transit).