Whoever thought that a hot air balloon ride can cause a horrific event and mayhem in Europe. On Tuesday, a hot air balloon was found burned in Luxor causing the death of 18 foreigners, these include Hong Kong, British, French and Japanese Nationals. The balloon was at around 300 m high when the balloon was caught on fire and plunged on the fields in the home of the most popular pharaonic-era ruins. Two of the people from the balloon, including the operator, survived the tragedy after jumping off the balloon before it totally crashed. The purpose of this hot air balloon ride is to give the tourists the aerial view of Luxor including its famous sites like the royal tombs and the Karnak Temple. Guess, it turned out to be their last historic view. It was reported that a gas cylinder exploded while on the air the reason why it crushed to the fields and causing a sudden death to the tourists.
Believe it or not, this is not the first time it happened. In April 2009, tourists were injured including two British women when their hot air balloon hit a communications tower in the said city. With this, operators should be keen enough on controlling the hot air balloon and to make sure more safety parameters because this happened once, twice and might happen again in the future. We never know!
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