A Look At The Deadliest Hot Air Balloon Accidents

By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Tue, 02/26/2013 - 10:38am

Tuesday's crash of a hot air balloon near Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, killing 19 tourists, surpasses what ballooning experts believed to have been the deadliest accident in the sport's 200-year history, a 1989 crash in Australia that left 13 dead. Here is a look at some of the worst accidents involving recreational hot air balloons....

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