Deflated! Man Attempting To Fly Across Atlantic Ocean Strapped To Helium Balloons Forced To Land Hours After Takeoff

He was hoping to mimic the animated film Up.

Jonathan Trappe, 39, was forced to touch ground in Newfoundland, Canada, about 6:30 p.m. Thursday — after a technical malfunction with his makeshift aircraft just 350 miles into his planned 2,500-mile journey.

“Hmm, this doesn’t look like France,” the IT consultant posted on his Facebook page.

“Landed safe, at an alternate location,” he wrote again. “Remote. I put the exposure canopy up on the boat. Will stay here for the night.”

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.