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Local December 21, 2012 | 10:17 am

Hot air balloon falls to earth,12 tourists unscathed (Update)

Higuey, Dominican Republic.- (UPDATE) The company Domball clarified Friday that its hot air balloon didn’t crash, and instead a rough landing in one of its flights yesterday

The pilot Luis Enrique Leonardo said there were “some knots” of wind in yesterday’s landing.

FILE. Twelve tourists were unscathed when a hot air balloon in which the flew fell to earth near Bavaro, of t... Read more

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