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Luxor hot air balloon crash: footage of the accident released (VIDEO)

Luxor, Egypt - One of the two survivors could be discharged in the next few hours

An amateur footage of the crash of a hot air balloon which occurred on Tuesday 26 February 2013 in Luxor (Egypt), causing the death of 19 persons (AVIONEWS), has been released in the past hours. In the video it is possible to see smoke starting to raise, and the balloon which eventually crashes on the ground from a 300-metre altitude. Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil immediately ordered...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1150128
Rome, Italy, 02/27/2013 17:01
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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