1.   Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.

2.   Lambert was climbing hard over the German wire before the first balloon began to move.

3.   But this spring, the balloon began to leak.

4.   Officials suspect that the cold air at high altitudes might have deflated the blimp, and the giant balloon began to descend on its own.

5.   Shortly after the jump, the balloon began falling rapidly and slammed into the ground, killing its pilot.