Topic: hot air balloons

November 10, 2014
7:49 pm

The SkyStar 180 balloon by RT Technologies (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Start-up’s ‘smart balloons’ help quest for peace in Jerusalem

As far as Jerusalem’s mayor is concerned, RT’s aerial surveillance system is a proven deterrent to unrest

By David Shamah

April 21, 2013
11:06 pm

A hot-air balloon flies over the city of Luxor, Egypt, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt resumes hot-air balloon sightseeing, following deadly crash

Tourists in Luxor can once again view ancient tombs, Valley of the Kings from the air

February 27, 2013
11:44 pm

Flowers are laid by Japanese travel agent Okumura Hatsuko and Luxor's mayor Ezzat Saad, both unseen, to pay respect to Japanese tourists that died from a hot air balloon accident, in Luxor, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013(photo credit: AP/ Nasser Nasser)

Balloon disaster sinks tourism in already hurting town

Luxor, in southern Egypt, depends on visitors to drive economy; anger voiced at Morsi for not commenting on tragedy

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

February 26, 2013
9:00 am

Illustrative photo of hot air balloons over Luxor, Egypt (photo credit: CC BY OsvaldoROVE/Flickr)

Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18 foreign tourists

Fire and explosion sent balloon plummeting from the sky west of Luxor, official says

By Haggag Salama