Fyodor Konyukhov, who makes a trip around the world in a balloon, “Morton”, in the night of Sunday, July 17, was in the area of strong turbulence with zero visibility, and then down came the valve to bleed excess pressure in the oxygen tank. The pilot had on an emergency basis to step out of the gondola, said “the Tape.<url>” in the headquarters of flights.
After the ball has passed through the Cumulus the cloud, it formed a frost layer with a thickness of a few centimeters. In the zone of turbulence the pilot had not reset until the end of the used propane tanks, as the gondola rocked badly and they fought about its walls and into each other. In the morning on 17 July, the ball came to a height of 8.2 thousand meters. Then konjuhovu had to get out of the gondola and in manual mode release the pressure in the oxygen tank. This manipulation continue he will have to carry out manually until the fault is corrected.
By Monday, July 18, the situation is normalized, the ball is at a height of 7.4 thousand meters at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. In the coming hours he will cross the Pacific ocean and fly over the Andes — one of the most difficult parts of the route.
Russian traveler was launched on 12 July at 02:30 GMT from the town of Northam in Western Australia. Route Konyukhova length of about 35 thousand kilometers will pass from West to East.
