Welcome to newsline. Its wednesday, february 27th, im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Egyptian authorities have suspended all hot air balloon flights in luxor following a deadly accident in the ancient city. A balloon carrying 21 people crashed into a field. 19 people died. A witness told nhk a fire broke out and burned half of the balloons basket. He says he saw the pilot and a passenger jump out. He says the balloon rose higher as the flames spread. Then it crashed into a sugar cane field. Civil aviation minister wai al madawi visited the site of the accident. He says a committee from the ministry will investigate. Luxor provincial Officials Say four japanese are among the dead. A Japanese Travel Agency confirmed theyre two married couples from tokyo. The casualties also include touris from britain and hong kong. Translator the basket of the doomed balloon was engulfed in flames within seconds. Luxor is located about 500 kilometers south of cairo. Its one of egypts most popular sightse
Pilot had a passenger jump out after the basket caught fire. He said the balloon rose high er and was soon engulfed in flames and then crashed in a sugarcane field. Associated press reports there was an explosion saying it plunged 300 meters from the sky. Staterun media say casualties included people from hong kong, belgium, britain and france. Four japanese names were on the passenger list. The operator of the about a lba two accidents in the past two years. Accident in the morning about 6 30. This company i call rubbish company and i tell the people this way. Why is that . He have two fires before. Hot air ballooning is popular with tourists who visit luxor. The ancient city has various attractions. One of them is the tombs of the valley of the kings. Following the accident, the province of luxor ordered all hot air balloon companies to suspend operations for safety checks. Italys parliamentary election produced no clear winner. The political instability is expected to continue as it
Welcome to newsline. Its wednesday, february 27th, im Catherine Kobayashi in tokyo. Egyptian authorities have suspended all hot air balloon flights in luxor following a deadly accident in the ancient city. A balloon carrying 21 people crashed into a field. 19 people died. A witness told nhk a fire broke out and burned half of the balloons basket. He says he saw the pilot and a passenger jump out. He says the balloon rose higher as the flames spread. Then it crashed into a sugar cane field. Civil aviation minister wai al madawi visited the site of the accident. He says a committee from the ministry will investigate. Luxor provincial Officials Say four japanese are among the dead. A Japanese Travel Agency confirmed theyre two married couples from tokyo. The casualties also include tourists from britain and hong kong. Translator the basket of the doomed balloon was engulfed in flames within seconds. Luxor is located about 500 kilometers south of cairo. Its one of egypts most popular sight
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