Terrified Love Island star reveals relief after ‘surviving' hot air balloon ride
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A TERRIFIED Love Island star has revealed their relief after 'surviving' a hot air balloon ride.
Before the news of the tragic hot air balloon crash in Brazil that left eight people dead was revealed, a former Love Islander's horror trip was shared with her fans.
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Liberty Poole recently went on a hot air balloon ride
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She shared her scary experience
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Just hours before the Brazilian hot air balloon tragedy was revealed, Liberty Poole, 25, shared her scary experience onboard a different hot air balloon.
The former Islander had a bumpy ride which different to what she expected, with her revealing details to fans.
Sharing a video of her hot air balloon ride, Liberty penned: "The unexpected. I ticked it off my bucket list but think it's going to be a one time only thing lol."
In the clip, she could be seen lying on floor of the basket.
Loud bangs could be heard before the former Islander jolted.
Screams from other passengers were audible in the video, too.
Fans and pals were quick to react to the scary video.
"Omfg wtf hahahahaba," said one.
"Nooo definitely not on my bucket list and especially not now," penned another.
"Thank you so much for sharing, now I will be taking this off the bucket list," added a third.
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"Oh bless you that does not look fun," wrote a fourth.
"I will happily watch from a distance," added a fifth.
While a sixth added: "Yea changed my mind."
And a seventh said: "Definitely not for me."
In another video about her experience, Liberty said: "I didn't realise when you get into a hot air balloon it's not upright, you lie on the floor to get in.
"So you're actually not strapped in, nothing, you only have this tiny bit of rope to hold, as the hot air balloon goes up, the basket just sits up," she went on.
"But as you come down, you have to go the other way, so we were told to basically just hold onto this rope and sit and almost do like a wall sit, crouch down to land.
"However, I don't know if that landing was normal, because we were getting knocked left, right, up, down.
"Like it was so chaotic, I don't know if every single hot air balloon lands like that cause to me that's not right.
"Why are people go on a hot air balloon if that happened all the time?"
Liberty concluded: "I'm just glad we survived to be honest.'"
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Liberty spoke out in a video
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