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Jahria Zion

2/26/2013

19 killed as hot air balloon explodes, plummets in Egypt

By Mariano Castillo. Saad Abedine and Holly Yan, CNN

By Castillo, Mariano
CNN, World Section
2/26/2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/world/africa/egypt-balloon-deaths/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

19 people died in Egypt, 2/26/2013, when a hot air balloon exploded in the air 100ft up.  A guy said while he was in another balloon “My first thought was that it was sugar cane that was burning," said Christopher Michel, a photographer who was on another balloons.”  Passengers in the balloon included 19 foreign tourists: nine from Hong Kong, four from Japan, three from Britain, two from France and one from Hungary, officials said.  There is no cause yet but they are trying hard to find out how it exploded. 

 It will probably have a negative effect on other hot air balloons companies, after people read about this accident people won't want to go on hot air balloons.  I think that they will look around and find out how the explosion happened.  They probably will go talk to the owners of the balloon business.  I would like to go and see the pyramids in a hot air balloon but it might stop my knowing that 19 people died of an accident.