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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

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