Hot air balloon with 13 people aboard makes emergency landing in a Southern California backyard.
A hot air balloon carrying 13 passengers made an emergency landing in a residential backyard in Southern California. The landing was captured on video. Homeowner Hunter Perrin described opening his sliding glass door to find the balloon basket in his yard.
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Divergence score
6 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 4 bias groups.
3 camps
4 bias groups
The spectrum · how 6 outlets placed this story
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ABC News
CNN
BBC
The Hill
PBS NewsHour
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
Furthest apart on this story
NY Post
Wild video captures hot air balloon with 13 aboard making emergency landing in California backyard
dramatic eyewitness moment
CNN
Hot air balloon makes emergency landing in backyard - CNN
straightforward factual summary
First to report
- ABC Newsfirst
- CNN+9.1 h
- NY Post+10.0 h
- BBC+26.5 h
- The Hill+44.4 h
- PBS NewsHour+47.6 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
NY Post leads with the homeowner's surprised quote and wild video; ABC News emphasizes the safe outcome; CNN matches the straightforward factual angle with a clean headline-driven summary, adding mainstream weight without shifting the narrative.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
“WATCH: Hot air balloon makes emergency landing in family's backyard”
“Hot air balloon makes emergency landing in backyard - CNN”
“Wild video captures hot air balloon with 13 aboard making emergency landing in California backyard”
6 tracked claims across 6 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
After dropping off passengers, the pilot re-ascended and landed the balloon in the street to dismantle it.
Corroborated
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