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Egypt Balloon Crash Kills at Least 19, Mostly Foreign Tourists

Description:At least 19 people, most of them Asian and European tourists, died on Tuesday when a hot air balloon crashed near the ancient Egyptian town of Luxor after a mid-air gas explosion, officials said. The balloon came down in farmland a few miles from the Valley of the Kings and pharaonic temples that draw tourists to Luxor. Rescue workers gathered the dead from the field where the charred remains of the balloon, gas canisters and other pieces of wreckage landed. (0:38)

Source: Reuters

Tags: reuters , Ahmed Aboud , china , Mohamed Mostafa Hamed