16-Jun-2025 08:34 AM
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Sao Paulo, June 16 (Reporter) An unlicensed hot air balloon carrying tourists crashed Sunday in southeast Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing one person and injuring 10 others, the military police said.
Some 35 people were on board the balloon when it crashed in a rural part of Capela do Alto, a town near Ipero, from where it had taken off.
The dead victim was a 26-year-old woman.
Brazilian news channel GloboNews reported that the balloon was not licensed to fly for recreational or tourism purposes, and the pilot was arrest following the crash.
The Brazilian Balloon Confederation, based in the city of Boituva, also said the aircraft was not registered with the organisation...////...