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Pilot In Weekend Deadly Balloon Crash Had 4 DWI Convictions
Pilot In Weekend Deadly Balloon Crash Had 4 DWI Convictions
Pilot In Weekend Deadly Balloon Crash Had 4 DWI Convictions
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — If Alfred "Skip" Nichols had been a commercial airplane pilot, he probably would have been grounded long ago. Nichols, the pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed over the weekend in Texas, killing 16, kept flying despite having at least four convictions for drunken driving and twice spending time in prison — pointing to gaps in oversight of hot air balloon pilots.