Three foreign tourists die in hot-air balloon crash in S China

Three foreign tourists were killed early Wednesday when a hot-air balloon crashed in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local officials said.

Five people were aboard the balloon when they lost control and it crashed at around 9 a.m. over Maling Township.

Three people died at the scene and the conditions of the other two are still unknown, said officials with the Communist Party of China (CPC) Guilin Municipal committee.

The nationalities and identities of the dead are not yet available.

No other details are available.

Source: Xinhua