The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a new bill to make flying in a hot air balloon safer for the pilot and passengers. This comes more than two years after the deadly hot air balloon crash in Lockhart, Texas.
The crash in July 2016 was the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history, killing 16 people. The new bill is called the “Doggett Amendment,” after Congressman Lloyd Doggett who introduced it.