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| Date: | Friday 5 January 2018 |
| Time: | c 06:30 LT |
| Type: |  Balloon |
| Owner/operator: | SindBad Hot Air Balloons |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Luxor -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The balloon encountered strong winds and crashed while attempting to land. One occupant died, several others were injured.
Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/hot-air-balloon-crash-egypt-luxor-tourists-latest-injuries-dead-a8142981.html
http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/egypte-un-touriste-tue-dans-le-crash-d-une-montgolfiere-pres-de-louxor-05-01-2018-7484406.php
Media:
1 American woman was killed, 7 other passengers were injured in a hot air balloon carrying tourists crash land in bad weather in #Luxor south of #Egypt pic.twitter.com/atdyBRogON
— SaadAbedine (@SaadAbedine) 5 janvier 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2018 08:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Jan-2018 09:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 10:31 | Tony Twinn | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 10:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 10:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2018 13:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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