Mayer Tree Service Helps in Hood Blimp Crash Rescue
Witnesses watched as the Hood blimp bobbed up and down in the air and looped in circles this afternoon before it crashed into a grove of trees a few miles from its base at Beverly Municipal Airport.
The 90-foot-long, helium-filled balloon became wedged 30-feet above the ground in Manchester-by-the-Sea, according to police and witnesses. The pilot, who was not injured, was stuck in the dangling and deflated airship for more than two hours until his rescue at about 2:45 p.m.
The pilot experienced "rudder problems" about 15 minutes after his 12:15 p.m. takeoff and tried to land on Singing Beach but got caught in the trees, according to Robert Mezzetti, the airport manager. Mayer Tree Service, Inc. assisted with the blimp rescue efforts.
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