Does the opening clip of a video with a screaming woman in a hot air balloon show footage from the accident in Brazil where an "entire family" was killed? No, that's not true: That clip shows Casey Cleaver during a different hot air balloon ride, not the accident in Brazil. The remaining footage in the video does show the real Brazil accident, which killed eight people -- not from one entire family as the post claimed -- in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina, on June 21, 2025.
The claim appeared in a video posted on June 22, 2026 on X account @Amakin93308356 (archived here). It opened:
Horrific tragedy in Brazil
An entire family loses their lives after fire break out in hot Ballon during flight
Halaand
Argentina
Messi Norway
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @Amakin93308356 on X.)
Here is the video posted on X:
Horrific tragedy in Brazil
-- Amakin (@Amakin93308356) June 23, 2026
An entire family loses their lives after fire break out in hot Ballon during flight
Halaand
Argentina
Messi Norway pic.twitter.com/5rzbbzRrW9
The first 13 seconds of the video is a clip with the caption, "I will never go on a hot air balloon again," and shows a woman screaming while the basket of a hot air balloon is shaking in the air. This video was published on TikTok account @caseycleaver (archived here) on June 18, 2025, and matches the first clip in the video posted on X. It is not from the hot air balloon accident in Brazil.
@caseycleaver Unless I can get a cute pic at the top #fyp #hothairballoon ♬ original sound - Casey cleaver
Cleaver is still alive and uploaded a video, unrelated to the hot air balloon ride (archived here), to her account on June 22, 2026.
@caseycleaver That's how I broke my pelvis in three places #fyp#pelvis#brokenbone#saxophones♬ Saxophones getting louder - Sped Up - AntonioVivald
