Balloons used in priest's record flight attempt foundRescuers searching for a have found a cluster of balloons floating off the coast of Brazil. Rev Adelir Antonio di Carli was last heard from on Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , eight hours after he had taken off. Strong winds blew him off his planned route and out over the sea. Di Carli, harnessed to hundreds of brightly coloured helium-filled balloons, lifted off from the port city of Paranaguá to raise awareness of his work with truckersthere. Rescuers hope the priest - who was equipped with enough cereal bars and water to stay alive for five days - has washed a shore on one of the islands dotting the coast where he disappeared. "Given his physical condition and the equipment he was carrying, I would say there is an 80% chance he is still alive," Johnny Coelho, the commander of the Penha fire department, said. Di Carli was wearing a helmet, an aluminium thermal flight suit, waterproofs and a parachute. He planned to use the money raised in his attempt to break the 19-hour record to fund a "spiritual" rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, which is home to Brazil's largest grain port. The cluster of yellow, orange, pink and white balloons was seen Tuesday night, floating off the southern Santa Catarina Santa Catarina (sän`tə kətərē`nə), state (1996 pop. 4,865,090), 37,060 sq mi (95,985 sq km), S Brazil. The capital is Florianópolis. state, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a photograph posted on the Sao Paulo-based UOL UOL Universo Online (Brazilian internet provider) UoL University of London UOL Ultima on Line (multiplayer role-playing game) UOL Unit of Learning UOL Upper Operating Limit UOL Underwater Object Locator news website. Di Carli, who has taken jungle survival and mountain climbing mountain climbing, the practice of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. Also called mountaineering, it is practiced throughout the world. Types There are three types of mountain climbing. courses, is an experienced skydiver. Coelho suggested he could be adrift Verb 1. be adrift - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" drift, float, blow in the ocean or resting on a beach or forest-covered mountain along the coast. The priest had a GPS device, satellite phone and buoyant chair with him, he added, saying: "He last used the phone and GPS on Sunday at 8.45pm to let the navy know his location … we haven't heard from him since." Di Carli embarked on a similar adventure on January 13, when he used 600 balloons to carry him on a four-hour voyage from the town of Ampere ampere (ăm`pēr), abbr. amp or A, basic unit of electric current. It is the fundamental electrical unit used with the mks system of units of the metric system. to neighbouring Argentina, where he landed safely, at 5,300 metres. 
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