Egypt Balloon Crash Kills 19 Tourists

Shocking news..

Never thought of that, I told hot air balloon safe to ride on? O.O

The official says there was a fire and an explosion and that the balloon then plunged from the sky and crashed into sugar cane fields west of Luxor.

There were 20 passengers aboard, 19 killed ( 9 are Chinese citizens from Hong Kong, 4 Japanese, 2 British, 2 French, and 2 remain unidentified.)

Hot air ballooning at dawn is a popular draw with tourists, a mainstay of the Egyptian economy, but visitor numbers have fallen sharply since a 2011 uprising that toppled veteran President Hosni Mubarak. Two years of political instability have scared off many foreign tourists.

Wreckage at the scene of a hot air balloon crash near Luxor, Egypt on February 26, 2013. (NBC News)

Sad case in 2013, rest in peace. My condolences to their friends and family. :(