Balloon attempt to go ahead

London - Virgin boss, Mr Richard Branson, insisted last night that his round the world balloon attempt will still go ahead, but…

London - Virgin boss, Mr Richard Branson, insisted last night that his round the world balloon attempt will still go ahead, but with "great difficulty" after his engineer was seriously injured in a skydiving accident in Morocco.

Mr Branson spoke of his distress at the news that Mr Alex Ritchie suffered multiple injuries yesterday when his parachute failed to open properly and he plunged to the ground.

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