{"id":485287,"date":"2026-06-19T10:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485287\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:45:36","slug":"scary-witness-describes-hot-air-balloon-crash-in-methven-1news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485287\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Scary&#039;: Witness describes hot air balloon crash in Methven &#8211; 1News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOQm5aMEVlX2RxMTdBNTRVcU5Odm1jcUUxNVhad1FOTnVNekUya0lPX21pV1h3eTJSLWdvdzV2U0lzMF9ONGpObWdmVWNCM2t5WUI1ZExpbWpqQnVUWEFKY282THp3SnZCODZNYmlSTHU3a2FwMFljeHFDVEFoNktZTnBaMTRKeU9EcWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Scary&#8217;: Witness describes hot air balloon crash in Methven<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;1News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQdVRvdzZ3YnBxclFjb3hpbG8xcTl6RXc2Smhxai1WQWNnUWg3N2ZCejdaR0ViVGVqcmtIdWdnamlpQXBzM2s3ekQxcllsS0lQdF9OaTEtb21Mb2NHZG0wMVVwYnBBNHNBX2xna2c5dHNIRHBJcko0LUhvNkVCXzlpSEJ5U0RXa2paN1l0WjJ0M1kxYldaNVVjZU9oQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Injuries reported after hot air balloon crash in Methven<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQYUhZY2pySHhGOUsteGlaemlKbUJJV01tTFF5cE5OUncwVExzV3pKZ3RGS3hjNHRQRWU5Y1MzRUZvQzR4dDdGS1RBVnlLdUZUT2E1Tjh2Q2haR0tpUFp6NWRUUE5wdWhJWjczbVdTZ3dsU0NSOXBpNVd4cW9zTlJQdVVGREwxdHEtRUl2MUVNeFhFLTNoZEdfelo1NjNVMGdiUkZ6YnN6YkIyQS1fb2ItVFI3ZzJCbUV1RXB2bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;It just came crashing down&#8217;: Witness describes Methven balloon crash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQR2YzN0ZPWlgyRkRfLUlhRWt4dWgyOS1pemRGdmU4UHFpTXZyTV9DVjBLM0xVSjR5eUxpWFhnUDcwZDlWeW9tTnBKbWhXbVA4ODZDNjhWYTZLXzZ1ajhlX2xRQmF4ZlRPdE5obWR0MFN1QjVDcmJFc0RqWEtxbk9tcTU5S0VRUEhhaWprRVhRUHFlZzVsM1lqZEh6UXozZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hamilton hot air balloon crashes with two people aboard<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Waikato Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1wcElibHdSZF96LUI4SGkzNlR5SGIwdVNtcndpbEhWNlZRZlhJeG00Njk3c014cXF6WFl4OTlrTEpSd0N5NzZ0b0ExNmdXMldjdHJjVUZXVDhzVEgxbEJJZ2RUZlo4blcxMTlHcDJfWDRrQTdEQ3NRSEc0TQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hot air balloon crashes in Methven<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Otago Daily Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Scary&#8217;: Witness describes hot air balloon crash in Methven&nbsp;&nbsp;1NewsInjuries reported after hot air balloon crash in Methven&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff&#8216;It just&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-485287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}