A hot air balloon crashed near the Ihlara Valley in Turkey’s Aksaray province, killing the pilot and injuring 19 Indonesian tourists after a sudden wind shift forced a hard landing.
The pilot fell from the basket and was fatally caught under it.
In a separate incident from the same area on Sunday, another balloon made a hard landing, injuring 12 Indian tourists.
All the injured were taken to the hospital.
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?? Tragedy in Turkey: One dead, 19 injured after two hot air balloons crash near Ihlara Valley in Aksaray.
The cause is unknown. The region, famous for Cappadocia’s “fairy chimneys,” is a hotspot for balloon tourism.
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