2012 Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crash

On 23 August 2012, a hot air balloon on a commercial sightseeing flight crashed in stormy weather on the Ljubljana Marsh in central Slovenia, killing 6 of the 32 people on board.

[10] On the same day at 7:00 pm, a mass for the dead and injured was held in St. Michael's Church on the Marshes in Črna Vas by Anton Jamnik, the auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana.

Slovene Civil Aviation Agency reported on 27 August 2012 that commercial hot air balloon flights were banned temporarily.

[5] Throughout the next year, all involved parties coordinated proposals for stricter rules, which were accepted, and new licenses were granted again starting in August 2013.

Contributory factors were "insufficient meteorological planning" and lack of consideration for the weather conditions at the time of the flight.