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A hot air balloon crash in Friesland, Netherlands, resulted in one death and five injuries. The crash was caused by a sudden gust of wind, and an investigation is ongoing.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -One person has died and five others were injured after a hot air balloon crash-landed late on Wednesday evening in a meadow in Friesland, a province in the north of the Netherlands, local authorities said.
The balloon was carrying 34 passengers.
"The hot air balloon came down quickly around 9 p.m. and hit the ground hard", Friesland authorities said, adding that the police had launched an investigation into the accident.
A spokesperson for the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association said in local media reports that a sudden gust of wind had caused the balloon to strike the ground forcefully, making the basket bounce and leading to five people falling out.
(Reporting by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
A hot air balloon crash-landed in Friesland, resulting in one death and five injuries.
Authorities reported that a sudden gust of wind caused the balloon to hit the ground hard.
The hot air balloon was carrying 34 passengers at the time of the crash.
The hot air balloon came down quickly around 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Yes, Friesland authorities have launched an investigation into the accident.
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