VIRGIN CHALLENGER BALLOON:

VIRGIN CHALLENGER BALLOON:.||**** FOR BRANSON HOUSE RUSHES SEE FOOT OF FILE|| a)NAT (Kerr,Caroline)| LIB(7.1.97/ITN EXCLUSIVE (ITV News)||***ITN EXCLUSIVE - Can be licensed, please contact ITN Source sales staff for information***| MOROCCO:| A/AIR Virgin Global Challenger balloon in flight over Atlas| Mountains|| ITN| ENGLAND: London: Royal Garden Hotel (Control Centre):| Personnel in Virgin control centre at work, map on wall,| staff looking at computer| (12 secs)|| Staff member on phone saying 'the eagle has landed',| staff applaud| (6 secs)|| Staff member using computer, one hands phone to ITN's| Caroline Kerr|| Caroline Kerr on phone to Richard Branson:| - We are in the middle of a desert|| Mike Kendrick (Project Manager) intvwd| - had to throw everything out to keep balloon from crashing|| LIB(TX 7.1.97/ITN EXCLUSIVE (ITV News)|||***ITN EXCLUSIVE - Can be licensed, please contact ITN Source sales staff for information***| MOROCCO: Marrakesh:| Alex Ritchie (Crew member) just before boarding balloon|| ITN PHONO| GRAPHIC - Richard Branson phono| - describes what went wrong & what happened| - how Alex saved the day|| ITN| ENGLAND: London:| McCarthy and another chatting in control centre|| Rory McCarthy (Global Challenger, Original Co-pilot) intvwd| - pays tribute to Alex|| LIBT X 7.1.97/ITN)| ITN's Terry Lloyd along with Branson just before flight|| ITN PHONO| Lloyd phono|| ITN| Vanessa Devereux (Richard Branson's sister) with family| members a...