THIS is the moment a hot air balloon crashes into a building as woman is thrown from the basket in a horror fatal plunge.
Champion hot air balloon pilot Jagoda Gancarek, 28, was killed in the disaster ride in on Monday morning.
The hot air balloon crashed on Monday morning in the Polish city of Zielona GóraCredit: East2West
The balloon crash landed on a street and was tangled in a busCredit: East2West
Polish balloon champion Jagoda Gancarek, 28, dies after falling from the basketCredit: East2West
The white, green and yellow hot air balloon can be seen flying dangerously low over a block of flats.
The balloon crashes its way to street level.
Deflated, it is tangled in a tree and draped over a bus.
Jagoda and two other women were on board when the balloon reportedly hit an apartment block.
Upon impact, Jagoda spilled from the basket and fell onto the rooftop.
When paramedics arrived by helicopter, they were unable to save her despite frantic resuscitation efforts.
The balloon continued to crash land with the two other women still clinging to the basket.
They later miraculously stepped out without serious injury after making an emergency landing on the ground in the centre of Zielona Góra, western .
The three women had been flying for an hour and a half from Lubuskie Region Aero Club when they got into trouble.
Investigations are now underway by Polish and the country’s State Commission for Aircraft Accident .
Police spokesperson Małgorzata Stanisławska said: “As a result of the accident, a 28-year-old woman died after falling from the basket onto the roof of one of the buildings.
Tragedy as Polish balloon champion Jagoda Gancarek, 28, dies after fall from hot air balloon that struck block of flats in PolandCredit: East2West
The other two woman aboard were fortunately left uninjuredCredit: East2West
The balloon can be seen torn to shreds as it flies dangerously close to buildingsCredit: East2West
“Unfortunately, despite resuscitation efforts, she could not be saved.”
The basket lay on a street next to a bus, with the torn Czech-made balloon tangled in the branches of a tree above.
Jagoda was an instructor who spoke about the “silence and calm” on balloon flights.
“You’re left alone with your thoughts. It’s an incredible feeling,” she previously said.
“The adrenaline is there, of course, but above all, you just focus on getting things done.”
Last year, she was crowned Polish Women’s Champion at the 11th Women’s Ballooning Championships in Nałęczów.
The club said in a statement: “We will remember Jagoda as a warm and always smiling person, full of passion and a love for flying.”
An investigation into the cause of the crash is underwayCredit: East2West
Jagoda Gancarek was a champion balloonerCredit: East2West 
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