Update on the Luxor Balloon Crash

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Details are unconfirmed

• explosion at 1000ft, 
• basket contained 20 tourists
• took place 07:00 local time 05:00 GMT 
• mixed Chinese/Japanese/British/French
• 9 Hongkongese, 4 Japanese, 2 Britons, 2 French & 2 Egyptian
• children involved
• 14 bodies
• 2-3 injured including pilot
• The pilot who survived is Mo'men Morad Ali with 70% burns
• crash occurred near Al Moudira Hotel 
• operator was Sky Cruise balloons 
• The governor of Luxor has suspended hot air balloon activities http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/65624/Egypt/Politics-/photo-pls-Luxor-balloon-crash-kills-;-similar-trip.aspx 
• 18 killed and 3 survivors. The pilot, an English man and a Scottish man. Both men's wives were killed
• The English man has now died 
• One Hungarian resident in the UK
  

This article is reasonable accurate http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284548/Egypt-hot-air-balloon-crash-British-death-toll-Luxor-accident-rises-three.html
We send out deepest sympathy to the injured and friends and family of the deceased