Florida Air Balloon Crashed into Power Line, Trips can Cause Explosions and Fires from Propane Tank (VIDEO)

First Posted: Mar 16, 2013 01:49 PM EDT

Hot air balloon fun can pose some serious health dangers for adventure seekers. Police report that two people were hospitalized Saturday, according to CNN, after a hot air balloon they were riding in crashed into power lines in Miami. A third passenger in the ballon was not injured. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, with the help of Miami-Dade police, according to Detective Roy Rutland.

Police responded to calls at around 10 a.m. about the basket of the hot air balloon crashing into the power lines while airborne.

This is not the first incident to hit the news regarding the severity of hot air balloon crashes. In Egypt this year, a hot air balloon crash left 19 people dead, and a woman on a hiking trip in Hawaii was also swept away in another incident and drowned.

Various risks play into taking a trip up in the air with a hot air balloon.

According to Glen Moyer, editor of Balloon Magazine and the journal of the Balloon Federation of America, "You've got the protection of the wicker basket and a little rubber padding. It's generally very safe, but when something bad happens there are not a lot of options."

Moyers notes the primary danger of the ride to include hitting power lines and hard landings. He also notes that some element of pilot error usually plays into an accident, such as not seeing a power line.

While fires are not particularly common, the close access to propane can cause explosions. Then any sort of spark, even from a nylon jacket, could cause a fire and explosion, he said. The only escape at that point is jumping to the ground, as the pilot and one passenger apparently did in the Egypt explosion.

In the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration regulates ballooning. According to the National Transportation Safety Board's aviation accident database.

Want to see some of the dangers associated with riding in a hot air balloon? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.