1 killed, 12 injured in hot air balloon crash on Jeju Island
Social affairsApr 12, 2018
JEJU ISLAND -- The pilot of a hot air balloon was killed and 12 tourists were slightly injured Thursday after their aircraft crashed into a hill on the southern resort island of Jeju, firefighters said.Kim Jong-guk, 45, sustained a serious head injury as the balloon hit a tree in its attempt to land on the ground north of the Mulyeongari-oreum volcanic cone in the city of Seogwipo at around 8:11 a.m. A witness, who was collecting edible wild plants at the time of the crash, reported it to a loca