This is the terrifying moment two hot air balloons crashed into each other, leaving screaming riders fearing for their lives.
The horrifying incident took place in the Dutch village of Luttelgeest, located north-east of Amsterdam, on Sunday.
Shocking footage shows a hot air balloon lifting off from the ground, when suddenly a change in wind makes it veer into another balloon.
The clip captured how the vehicles collided= into one another as the basket of the first balloon flies into the top of the second balloon’s envelope, while riders are heard screaming in fear.
Passengers were forced to cling on for dear life as the basket is then seen tipping over at an almost horizontal angle.
Following the crash, the second hot air balloon’s envelop is seen completely deflated.
The first balloon, however, safely took to the air after the collision.
No injuries were reported, but several riders and spectators were left in a state of shock.
Passengers were left fearing for their lives after two hot air balloons collided into each other on Sunday
The horrifying incident took place in the Dutch village of Luttelgeest, located north-east of Amsterdam
Footage shows a hot air balloon lifting off from the ground, when suddenly a change in wind makes it veer into another balloon
One witness recounted: ‘Just as it was lifting off the ground, the wind pulled it up at an angle.
‘That’s when things started to go wrong.’
Sunday’s hot air balloon crash is just the latest in a spate of unlucky incidents involving the tourist attraction.
Earlier this month, a hot air balloon carrying a dozen tourists plunged to the ground in Dubai.
Shocking footage shows a Russian tourist and her mother on the balloon ride over the desert, which had set off at dawn before suddenly ’tilting too much to the side’ and falling sharply.
The basket hit the ground and then was dragged along hitting the ground several times.
Several passengers were reportedly injured and taken to hospital, with some allegedly being ‘unconscious’ after the crash.
But the company operating the hot air balloon flights said no accident had occurred, stating that the incident had simply been a ‘hard landing’.
Their representative acknowledged that passengers suffered minor injuries, adding that they have already been discharged from hospital.
Sunday’s hot air balloon crash is just the latest in a spate of unlucky incidents involving the tourist attraction
It also comes after two Britons watched on in horror as a giant hot air balloon packed with tourists slammed into Turkey’s famed ‘Fairy Chimney’ rock formations after a freak gust of wind in June last year.
Rebecca Horsfall, 31, filmed the shocking moment the basket holding 20 tourists and two pilots crashed into the rocks of the Love Valley site in Cappadocia, Turkey, around 6am.
‘Suddenly people were screaming and running to the edge of the valley,’ Ms Horsfall, who went to a scenic lock out spot with her partner Kieran McDonnell, 30, to take pictures for social media at sunrise, told MailOnline.
Ms Horsfall, from Burnley, added: ‘It was incredibly scary to see the hot air balloon basket slip down the mountain side.’
A gust of wind blew the giant air balloon against the rocks as pilot Caner Uzun was trying to land opposite the Love Valley, according to local media.
Footage shows the balloon deflating as emergency services rush to the scene to examine the passengers.
Ms Horsfall said that their drone captured footage of one of the tourists onboard, who ‘was being fanned’ after she appeared to have fainted.
None of the tourists or pilots were injured in the rock landing.
‘I actually went on a balloon flight in this area two years ago, and found the whole operation very safe. I am sure this was more of a freak accident, Mrs Horsfall, who is a self-employed event planner, told MailOnline.
‘It appears as though the balloon had got caught on the side of a rock. The valleys can be narrow and the pilots like to fly the balloons low for the best experience for the passengers.’
One of the passengers on the balloon told local media that the pilot ‘constantly gave us confidence and comfort’, despite the rough landing.
Ms Horsfall, who was travelling in a camper van with her partner and three dogs in Turkey at the time, said in her video: ‘Well guys, we’re just leaving Love Valley now and this is not what we expected to see.
‘We’ve been in Cappadocia for a week watching the balloons rise every morning.
‘Thankfully the emergency services got there quickly, looked like everyone has got out safely. I don’t think there’s been any major injuries. Just really shocking to see.’
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