A Luxor prosecution ordered on Saturday the four-day detention pending
investigation of the pilot – as well as three officials from a hot air
balloon company – who was operating a hot air balloon that crashed on
Friday, killing a 36-year-old South African tourist and injuring 15
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A tourist was killed and 12 tourists were injured this morning in
an emergency landing of a bird balloon on the western desert road in
front of Qurna due to bad weather conditions. Immediately after the
landing, 12 ambulances were transferred and the injured were transferred
to Luxor International Hospital for treatment.
A statement by the Health Directorate said that the deceased tourist from South Africa and that all the injured wer
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moderately injured between fractures and wounds in different places in
the body and that the degree of readiness to the maximum degree in Luxor
International Hospital and provide all medical staff of various
disciplines, medicines and medical supplies and blood bags.
The governor of Luxor, Mohammed Badr, the Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Health and a number of security leaders in the province,
went to the hospital to check on the injured.
"It was not an
accident but a forced landing due to wind speed," said an official at
the balloon company in Luxor, who preferred not to be named. "The wind
speed was very normal, and the civil aviation authorities and officials
at the balloon airport gave permission to take off. One of the balloons
strongly wind, which called for the implementation of the forced landing
process to maintain the safety of tourists.
"The balloon was
carrying 20 tourists and hit the ground, which is often the case, but a
number of tourists did not comply with the safety standards and the
advice of the commander during the landing process, hit the head of a
tourist balloon body and died before the rescue and wounded others.
He said that the balloon leader is one of the most efficient and
skilled balloon leaders in Luxor and has already been honored by the
Balloon Union for its excellence, noting that his skill and the way of
landing despite the wind hard saved the tourists.
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