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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Hot Air Balloon Crash In Luxor, Egypt -Tuesday Feb 26,2013

A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Tuesday, killing at least 19 foreign tourists

Two Britons are believed to be among 19 tourists killed in a hot air balloon crash near the Egyptian city of Luxor

The balloon caught fire and exploded at 1,000ft, before plunging into a sugar cane field west of Luxor, which is 320 miles (510km) south of the capital Cairo

There were 20 passengers aboard. An explosion happened and 19 passengers died.One tourist and the pilot survived.The casualties are believed to include two French, four Japanese and nine Hong Kong tourists

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