Four Dutch tourists die in hot-air balloon crash
12:56, 14 October 2009
NANNING. October 14. KAZINFORM Four Dutch tourists -- three men and one woman -- died early Wednesday when a hot-air balloon caught fire and crashed in Guilin, a popular tourist destination in south China; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
Five passengers, all from the Netherlands, and two Chinese pilots were aboard when the accident took place in Maling Township of Lipu County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The pilots and a Dutch tourist were injured and have been taken to hospital, an official of the Lipu county government told Xinhua; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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