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One tourist killed, 12 injured in air balloon crash in Egypt
Reuters
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File photo for representational purposes only. PTI photo.
File photo for representational purposes only. PTI photo.

A tourist was killed and 12 other people were injured in a hot air balloon crash near Luxor in Egypt on Friday, state-run news agency MENA reported.

The balloon, with tourists from different nationalities and Egyptians onboard, crashed to the west of the city of Luxor.

The health ministry said a woman was killed and 12 people injured but gave no other details.

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In 2015, at least 19 people, most of them Asian and European tourists, died near Luxor when a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed after a mid-air gas explosion.  

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(Published 05 January 2018, 14:32 IST)