The passenger was injured as he climbed out of a Virgin balloon after it landed A passenger ... he would not have invited him to climb out unassisted to help the crew." Procedures had now changed ...

But as it goes up into the atmosphere ... point where its density equals that of the gas inside the balloon, it can no longer climb. Felix will have reached the end of his epic balloon journey.

The report also noted there was “a strong wind gradient on the day of the accident”, and “climbing into a changing wind can cause the balloon to distort, increasing the chance of a stall”.

A hot air balloon crash which killed a 25-year-old pilot was probably caused when a vent could not reseal during a rapid climb and the balloon collapsed, investigators said. Peter Gregory ...