Turkey: Two travelers dead and 3 hurt in hot air balloon mishap

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    NEVSEHIR, TURKIYE - APRIL 9: A general view of valley with blossom trees as hot air balloons glide over during spring in Nevsehir, Turkiye on April 9, 2022. Cappadocia attracts tourists with its natural beauty in addition to its historical and cultural richness. (Photo by Behcet Alkan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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    Cappadocia is a popular location for countless travelers every year (Picture: Getty Images)

    Two individuals are dead and 3 others injured after a hot air balloon made a crash landing in Turkey.

    The Spanish victims were eliminated after the mishap in the main Cappadocia area, where countless travelers go sightseeing every year.

    There were 28 travelers and 2 team members on board when the balloon made a tough landing after the trip of volcanic rock developments.

    None of the hurt are believed to remain in a dangerous condition.

    Balloons routinely fly low above beautiful canyons and cone-shaped volcanic developments and though mishaps are unusual they are not unprecedented.

    The Nevsehir province’s guv’s workplace stated the mishap was brought on by a ‘sudden increase of wind’.

    ‘The hot air balloon came down abruptly at 8.50 am (6.50am British time) after it unexpectedly became very windy,’ the guv’s workplace stated.

    Hot air balloon crashes are unusual however not unprecedented (Picture: Getty Images)

    Emergency services hurried to the scene however were not able to conserve the 2 Spaniards.

    The balloon had actually removed from an abbey near the town of Avanos.

    The Cappadocia area, 190 miles south of the capital, Ankara, is well known for its ‘fairy chimney’ rock-formations, underground cities and churches sculpted into mountainsides.

    Turkish authorities have actually released a query into the mishap.


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    In 2013, three Brazilian tourists died and 22 other people were injured when two hot air balloons collided.

    Four years later, a Danish tourist died when a balloon crash-landed in high winds.

    Two months after that incident, a French diplomat was killed and several other people were injured when their balloon hit a power line.

    Around the world, 28 people died in Egypt in July in a hot air balloon, while the same month a plane was forced to avoid a balloon in Brazil.

    Last year, a balloon was forced to make an emergency landing in Australia and in the UK at least one person was injured when one crash landed into a pub.

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