Ahotairballooncarryingaround20people,includingtourists,hascrashednearEgypt'scityofLuxorandatleastonepersonhasreportedlybeenkilled,accordingtosecurityandmedicalo
The hot air balloon struck the power lines before it crashed in a pasture near Lockhart in central part of the U.S. state of Texas, U.S. federal investigators confirmed on Sunday.
At least 16 people were killed on Saturday morning after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed near Lockhart, a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Texas.
Myanmar is planning to boost the country's hot air balloon rides to attract more tourist arrivals, the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism said on Friday.
Niko Edwards and Green D - both aliases used on the Internet - had long dreamed of taking a look at Earth from above, like many teenagers.However, Edwards, 19, never thought he would see a similar video that used some of their photos two months later on Youku, one of the country's top video websites.
A hot air balloon crashed on Monday morning in central Turkish province of Nevsehir, killing one and injured 24, Turkish Today's Zaman reported.
On the early Sunday morning, six colorful hot air balloons rose to the sky in southern Egypt, with Luxor Governor Ezzat Saad among the first passengers.
The death toll of Egypt's Luxor balloon accident rose to 19 Tuesday afternoon after a seriously- wounded English tourist died at Luxor International Hospital, Mohamed Sultan, head of Egypt's Ambulance Authority, confirmed to Xinhua.