2 Spanish Tourists Killed in Air Balloon Accident in Turkey’s Cappadocia

2 Spanish Tourists Killed in Air Balloon Accident in Turkey’s Cappadocia
Hot air balloons over Cappadocia in Turkey on Dec. 12, 2008. Tan Shung Sin/Reuters
Reuters
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ANKARA—Two Spanish tourists were killed and three were injured on Tuesday when the hot air balloon they were traveling in made a hard landing in Turkey’s Cappadocia, the local governor’s office said.

The hot air balloon had taken off from the district of Avanos at sunrise, the governor of Nevsehir Province said.