Watch: Hot air balloon catches fire mid-air in Mexico, forces passengers to jump off; 2 dead
Two people died and passengers were forced to jump when a hot-air balloon flying over the famed Teotihuacan archeological site near Mexico City caught fire mid-air. The couple jumped off of the balloon resulting in their deaths.
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FollowTwo individuals lost their lives and three others suffered injuries when a hot-air balloon in Mexico City got fire near the Teotihuacan archaeological site. The balloon collapsed due to an internal fire at 8:40 am.
In a statement, the state of Mexico's government stated that "the passengers jumped from the balloon," adding that a kid sustained burns. Those killed in the mishap were a 39-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man. The minor had suffered second-degree burns to the face as well as a fracture of the right femur, it said.
The tragedy was caught on camera. The hot air balloon took fire mid-flight and was burning ferociously, with the flames engulfing the space inside the hot air balloon where people can stand or recline, according to a minute-long video shared on the microblogging site Twitter.
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Hot air balloon flights over Teotihuacan, which is situated about 45 miles (70 kilometres) northeast of Mexico City, are available from a number of travel operators for about $150.
Teotihuacan, a pre-Columbian ruin that still stands with its Avenue of the Dead and Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, is a well-liked tourism attraction. With its Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, and its Avenue of the Dead, Teotihuacan is a popular tourist destination, a surviving monument to the pre-Columbian period.
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