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The two men hoping to set a new world record for traveling in a helium-filled balloon safely executed a water landing on the Baja coast near La Poza Grande in Mexico on Saturday
After traveling roughly 7,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, the team, consisting of pilots Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev, have now broken two long-standing records for ballooning.
As of this writing, after spending almost a full week in the air, the two pilots were being retrieved by a fishing boat, with initial reports confirming that they're both now safe after the challenging journey. The mayor of Albuquerque tweeted the good news, offering personal updates on the crew's status Read more...
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