A PAX WAS INJURED ON LNDG IN A HOT AIR BALLOON.

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IN THE PROCESS OF LNDG MY BALLOON IN A 6-8 KT WIND; ONE OF MY PAX TURNED SIDEWAYS AND TWISTED HER ANKLE. SHE STARTED SCREAMING THAT HER FOOT WAS BROKEN AND THEN SHE SAT DOWN; SHE THEN BEGAN SCREAMING THAT HER BACK WAS BROKEN. SOMEONE HEARD HER SCREAMS AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. THEY; IN TURN; CALLED AN AMBULANCE. THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED AND TOOK HER TO A LCL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS CHKED OUT AND RELEASED. SHE WAS TOLD THERE WAS A POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF HER ANKLE; BUT THAT SHE SHOULD BE CHKED OUT BY HER OWN DOCTOR UPON RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA; PA; WHERE SHE IS FROM. I RECEIVED A CALL 3 DAYS AGO TELLING ME THERE IS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF ONE OF THE BONES IN HER ANKLE. I FELT IT IS PRUDENT TO FILE THIS RPT. I DO NOT FEEL THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INJURY. THE PAX WERE ALL BRIEFED ON LNDG PROCS BEFORE WE TOOK OFF. I THEN REMINDED THEM HOW TO STAND ON LNDG TWICE BEFORE THE ACTUAL LNDG. I HAD 8 PEOPLE ON BOARD INCLUDING A 78 YR OLD WOMAN. THE GIRL THAT WAS INJURED WAS 31 YRS OLD IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. SHE WAS NOT PAYING ATTN TO THE LNDG OR MY REPEATED REQUEST FOR HER TO FACE FORWARD FOR THE LNDG.