Smiling and waving before trip of a lifetime: Heartbreaking newly released footage shows British tourists before taking off in Egyptian hot-air balloon which crashed moments later, killing 19

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Flight organizers videotaped the passengers to sell them and like this the accident was recorded. Firstly you can see the excitement of the passengers for flying over the Valley of the Kings, Egypt.

Later, the hot air balloon exploded, caught fire and crashed into the ground, killing 19 people. Two people survived, Michael Rennie was a tourist and the pilot who is  29 year old, Momen Murad. They jumped out of the balloon when the balloon yet hadn’t risen to a great height. Some of the dead people are Mrs. Rennie who was an artist and appraiser Joe Bampton who was 40 years old, and his girlfriend Suzanna Gyetvai who was 34 years.

The balloon caught fire because they believe that someone cut the gas burner tube. Ahmed Mohamed Al Yemen, the deputy attorney of Luxor, is the person in charge of investigating the accident. Investigatiors are looking for evidence of a technical malfunction of a gas canister used, because it seems that is responsible for the accident.

The balloons are controlled so that there is no accident, so this event is a bit strange. I think that may have been caused because the gas burner tube was cut. Also that part of the globe is the one that tis more controlled so as not to cause any explosion, because gas is a dangerous product.

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Exploded: explotar

Risen: elevat

Appraiser: tasador

Evidence: proves