Again balloons would be sent from Ratmalana while many balloons would come down at many other places - Harin
With the aim of obtaining speedy internet facilities the Google institution had released the
"google loon" balloon which has landed last night at the Gampola area Pupuressa tea estate with the permission of the civil aviation department authorities. This had been disclosed by the Minister of Telecommunication and digital infrastructure Harin Fernando.The media reports that have been published as the balloon has fallen down is refuted by the Minister Harin Fernando.He had added that if the balloon fell down it would have broken into pieces.It had been brought down by reducing the air within gradually and systematically.
He had added that it cannot be landed like an aircraft. It could have fallen on to a tree or on to any other surface. But it had been landed on to an estate where no human being was without causing any damage to anyone. The google company had selected this harmless place. At the time it landed it had been functioning.
The engineers of the google company are hoping to land such balloons in the Ratmalana area once more.What is been experimented is to have the "google loon" to be airborne always. In the mean time a number of other balloons would be landing and taking off would be seen as a common occurrence the minister had added.