Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Egypt - "See the Valley of the Kings and die" 19 dead as tourist balloon explodes at Luxor.
Egypt - "See the Valley of the Kings and die" 19 dead as tourist balloon explodes at Luxor.(HD).A hot air balloon caught fire and exploded over Egypt's ancient temple city of Luxor during a sunrise flight on Tuesday, killing 19 tourists including Japanese and Koreans, sources said.
The balloon which was carrying 21 people was flying at 300 metres (1,000 feet) caught fire when it caught fire, a security official said.
An employee at the company operating the balloon said the pilot and one tourist survived by jumping out of the basket before it plunged to the ground. Both have been taken to hospital.
The employee, who declined to give her name, told AFP the tourists were from Korea, Japan and Britain, as well as one Egyptian.
Earlier a security official reported 19 people dead but said they were from Hong Kong, Japan, France and Britain.
"This is terrible, just terrible," the employee told AFP by telephone. "We don't yet know what happened exactly or what went wrong," she said.
The balloon had been floating over the west bank of Luxor, one of Egypt's most renowned archaeological sites and home to the famous Valley of the Kings and the grand Temple of Hatshepsut.
The British foreign office could not immediately confirm if any Britons had died in the crash.Read the full story here.More here.
Update: Image released of the Balloon.
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Egypt,
hot air balloons,
tourist decline,
valley of the Kings
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