The prosecutor's office has filed two charges to the owner of the balloon from which two parachutists jumped and one died and the other was seriously injured. The man was detained for 72 hours, BNT reported.
Three inspections were carried out at the scene of the accident near the Botevgrad village of Litakovo. So far it is clear that the dead man's parachute did not open. The participants jumped with their own parachutes.
Meanwhile, the home of the accused was searched and documents were seized. The man has been convicted five times so far, his most recent charge being in 2018.
The accused operated the balloon, but he is neither an instructor nor has a license to carry out such activity. The balloon also had no registration and did not pass the required technical inspection. It was seized as physical evidence.
The meeting between the participants in the jump was arranged on the Internet. No word on whether they paid the owner of the balloon.
Incidents with parachutists on the territory of Sofia region have become more frequent - since the beginning of the year there are four, the supervising prosecutor also explained.