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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt: AVIONEWS interviews Giovanni Aimo champion

Rome, Italy - "Egyptian pilots do not have a good reputation in this sector"

During the morning of Tuesday 26 February 2013 the crash of a hot air balloon in Luxor (Egypt) caused 19 casualties among the persons who were on board, with only the pilot and one of the passengers surviving. About this incident, AVIONEWS interviewed Giovanni Aimo, Italian and international hot air balloon champion, to get his expert opinion about the incident. "In Egypt -Aimo starts- for a while...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1150084
Rome, Italy, 02/26/2013 15:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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