A balloon carrying foreign tourists on a sightseeing trip south of Egypt’s city of Luxor crashed on Friday morning, leading to the death of one tourist and injuring seven others, according to the state-run newspaper Al-Ahram. A number of officials who have been quoted by Al-Ahram on condition of anonymity said the incident was caused by strong winds that caused the balloon to fall. The 36 -year- old tourist who was killed is a South African national, though the nationalities of the other tourists injured are still unknown, Al-Ahram reported. A message by Egypt’s meteorological service warning of strong winds was sent out on Friday morning, especially for the Nile River delta region and northern Egypt. This was exacerbated by the 2015 Russian plane crash, which killed all 224 passengers and crew on board, most of them Russian tourists.

Source: Egypt Independent January 05, 2018 11:10 UTC