A hot air balloon has crashed near the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor, killing 19 foreign tourists.
The balloon was carrying 21 people at the time and was flying at a height of 1000 feet over Qurna, in Luxor's West Bank.
An Egyptian security official says there was a fire and an explosion on-board the balloon, which fell to the ground and crashed into sugar cane fields.
The casualties include British, French, Japanese and other foreign nationals.
The crash occurred in Luxor, Egypt Two survivors from the crash, including the balloon's pilot, have been taken to hospital.
Hot air ballooning is popular with tourists who go to Luxor to visit its ancient temples and the tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
Egypt's tourism industry has suffered a sharp downturn in visitor numbers since the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, with two years of political instability scaring off foreign tourists.
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