The tour turned into a nightmare: the couple was in a balloon without a pilot in the middle of the desert in Nevada. VIDEO

Tom and Sean Stanton from Louisville (Kentucky) wanted to enjoy a relaxing sightseeing tour of Las Vegas (Nevada). But the journey turned into a nightmare when their balloon crashed in the middle of the desert. Part of the passengers and the pilot were overboard. The remaining people had to land the aircraft on their own. Writes about it ABC News.

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“It was like a car accident. No, it didn't feel like a hard landing... it felt like a bad car accident,” Shauna Stanton said. “We were just lucky to be alive.” This is what I think about every time I panic. My heart starts pounding and I think, “You’re alive and that’s all that matters.” This way I calm down."

Sitting side by side in wheelchairs, the Stantons said they were still recovering from a balloon crash that left several people injured and one passenger in critical condition.

According to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), several passengers and a pilot were thrown out of a balloon during a crash, with some being found more than half a kilometer from the scene of the accident.

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“When the ball fell, we started to panic: “Where is everyone? Where is the pilot? Shauna Stanton recalls. “But the pilot was no longer there—he had already been thrown out of the balloon.”

Fortunately, her husband quickly reacted and managed to land the aircraft on his own.

“Tom is a hero. He landed this balloon. We ended up on earth, and I don’t know where we would be if it weren’t for Tom,” rejoices Shauna.

Tom Stanton remarked that he still did not believe that he had succeeded. But, but then he added: he is glad that he initially drew attention to the pilot, how he controlled the device.

“There was a red rope that opens the dome at the top, releasing hot air. And you have about 15 seconds from the time you pull it until the ball actually starts falling. So I just pulled the rope,” Tom said. “We got a little closer to the ground, and I pulled it again, and that’s the only way I could land the ball.”

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Shauna Stanton suffered a broken ankle and hip and a punctured lung. Her husband has several broken bones in his right arm and bruises in his legs.

The FAA is still investigating the cause of the crash.

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