An enormous blimp despatched up by a serious soccer crew for a promo blitz became an actual PR nightmare when it got here crashing down in a residential space in São Paulo, Brazil … injuring the pilot.
The airship was cruising from Carapicuíba when it crashed within the suburb of Osasco about 4 miles away round midday Wednesday … video from bystanders displaying the blimp getting shredded after snagging on rooftops.
Locals had been sprinting for security from the plummeting blimp … making for fairly a chaotic scene.
The pilot was rescued from the cabin and hospitalized, however will possible be A-OK — and no different accidents had been reported.
The airship, rented by the Brazilian soccer crew São Paulo FC, was conducting a check flight forward of Wednesday evening’s Copa Libertadores quarterfinals when issues took a nosedive. Guess they need to’ve caught to a daily billboard!
The Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Heart is now on the case, digging into what went incorrect on this airborne fiasco.
