Max Anderson et son co-pilote Don Ida meurent d'un accident de ballon à Bad Kissingen. 

Anderson was killed on June 27, 1983, near Bad Kissingen, West Germany. He was in the air with co-pilot Don Ida. Having no wish to stray across the border into East Germany or Czechoslovakia, he attempted to release the gondola from the envelope at touchdown. The bolts failed to fire, and a gust re-lofted the vehicle, whereupon the explosive bolts deployed, and both Anderson and Ida were killed in the fall.[6][7] The locale of the accident is also given as “near the village of Schönderling in the county of Bad Kissingen”

Willy Aubert