page_title: Adelir Antônio de Carli
section_title: Attempt and disappearance
hierarchical_section_title: Adelir Antônio de Carli / Attempt and disappearance
caption_attribution_description: English: Course of the doomed balloon flight by priest Adeir de Carli in 2008. Red dot: departure from Paranaguá (PR), April 20th, 2008 Red line: planned course, expected to arrive in Dourados (MS) the next day Red triangle: last radio contact, near São Francisco do Sul (SC), April 20th, 2008 Red cross: body found 100 km off the coast of Macaé (RJ), July 4th, 2008
context_page_description: Adelir Antônio de Carli, also known in Brazil as Padre Baloeiro or Padre do Balão, was a Brazilian Catholic priest, who died during an attempt at cluster ballooning on April 20, 2008. Carli, an experienced skydiver, undertook the exercise in order to raise money to fund a spiritual rest area for truck drivers in the Paraná port city of Paranaguá.
context_section_description: On April 20, 2008, after taking off in a chair attached to 1,000 balloons, Carli was able to reach an altitude of 6,000 metres (19,700 ft) before losing contact with authorities. Pieces of balloon were later reported floating in the sea off the coast.
  Carli's flight equipment included a parachute, helmet, waterproof coveralls, GPS device, mobile phone, satellite phone, flotation device chair, aluminum thermal flight suit, and at least five days of food and drinking water. His training for the stunt included jungle survival and mountain climbing courses, but apparently did not include instruction on use of his GPS navigation device. On April 20, the priest's last contact with the military police happened during the night, when he was about 16 miles from the islands of Tamboretes, off the coast of São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The priest called from his cell phone to request help determining his coordinates and to ask them to contact the authorities. Two days after the flight, a Penha (SC) Fire Department commander familiar with the situation put the missing priest's chances of still being alive at 80%. The Brazilian Navy called off the ocean search on April 29, saying the chances of finding de Carli alive in the ocean were "very remote".
  On July 4, 2008, the lower half of his body was found by an offshore oil rig support vessel. It was floating on the sea, about 100 km from Macaé, and it was initially identified by the clothing. On July 29, 2008, DNA tests confirmed that it belonged to Adelir de Carli. The comparison was made with DNA samples from the priest's brother.
caption: Course of the doomed balloon flight by Adeir de Carli. Red dot: departure. Red line: expected course. Red triangle: last radio contact. Red cross: body found.
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