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Hot air balloon fell from the sky after big explosion In EGYPT
- Published_at:2013-02-27
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:TheKingoffes
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- description: Seconds from disaster... Moment tourists took to sky in Egypt hot air balloon before explosion sent them plunging to earth, killing 19: First pictures of Brits on board fateful tour Incident was outside Luxor, close to the famous Valley of the Kings Witnesses heard an explosion, saw smoke and then it fell from the sky British artist Joe Bampton, his girlfriend Suzanna Gyetvai died in tragedy Hospital receptionist Yvonne Rennie, from Scotland, also killed in blaze Casualties: British, French, Japanese and Chinese nationals Witness: 'People were jumping from the height of a seven-storey building' The catastrophe may be the deadliest hot air balloon accident in history This was the terrifying moment a hot air balloon exploded in a fireball 1,000ft above the Valley Of The Kings In Egypt. It emerged as the British tourists who were killed in the early morning tragedy were pictured for the first time. Joe Bampton, 40, and Yvonne Rennie were among 19 tourists killed today during an early morning flight over the ancient ruins of Luxor when their balloon caught fire and exploded after it hit a power line. British resident Suzanna Gyetvai, 34, the girlfriend of Mr Bampton, also died in the blaze which killed 19 tourists. Nine desperate passengers trapped in the blazing balloon basket tried to escape by leaping 300ft to the sugar cane fields below. Rescuers arrived to find bodies strewn across the ground and the incinerated remains of the balloon lying in a charred heap. Mr Bampton, and artists and valuer of rugs and carpets, and Miss Gyetvai, both worked for an auction house in Chelsea, south London and had been due to return from Egpyt this week. Nick Carter, senior auctioneer at the Lots Road auction house said the couple both loved the country and that their sudden deaths had devastated their colleagues. Mr Carter: 'They were two people very much in love and a lovely couple. They were companions to each other. They were very different people but they were very much in love. They loved being together. 'They worked here professionally and they were both artists. 'It's not about a colleague being sorely missed, it's about being proper bereavement. Our managing director has described him as one of his sons.
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