1.   But as Chan was rising into the air, the rope became loose and the balloon drifted into the fog.

2.   In the early morning, as roosters crowed from some unseen plot of land behind us, a hot-air balloon drifted past.

3.   Westward, against the setting August sun, a dozen other balloons drift like puffy clouds across the sky.

4.   Instead, the balloon will either drift down in Mali or it will press on over Algeria and Libya in the direction of Egypt.

5.   The balloon had drifted too far south over India and was out of range of the high altitude jet stream winds, said Noble.

6.   The balloon had drifted over the border from Poland.

7.   When their balloon drifted over the Belarus border, a helicopter gunship shot it down.