Four tourists die in hot-air balloon crash in China

October 2nd, 2009 Balloon Fiesta pilots wait for balloons from ChinaALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - British explorer David Hempleman-Adams has broken the endurance record by spending more than 14 hours in a tiny hot air balloon over the United States. Hempleman-Adams, 52, of Box, Wiltshire, set the record over the US riding in a scaled-down basket.

August 9th, 2009 5th body found in Hudson River from midair crashHOBOKEN, N.J. —New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a fifth body has been recovered from the wreckage of a helicopter-plane crash above the Hudson River.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - A cheesemaker's stunt to launch a wedge of cheddar cheese into space fell flat on its face after the organisers lost contact with its payload just minutes after lift-off. West Country Cheesemakers, who organised the stunt, attached 300kg chunk of cheese to a weather balloon, which lifted off from Pewsey, Wilts, at 4am on July 28.

May 29th, 2009 Hot air balloon accident kills 1 in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — A hot air balloon crashed Friday in central Turkey, killing a British tourist and injuring nine other passengers in Cappadocia, where many tourists take rides above area's volcanic cones. "The injured were mostly Britons," mayor Nuri Cingil said by telephone, confirming the death toll.

May 13th, 2009 Report: Driver likely to blame for tour bus crashSAN FRANCISCO — Driver error likely is to blame for a tour bus crash in central California that killed five people last month, according to a preliminary report by the California Highway Patrol. The report released Monday said John Egnew, 69, of Corona, failed to negotiate a curve on a U.S.

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistan may have declared an all out war against the Taliban in the Swat and Malakand Division of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), but many believe that it is almost impossible to contain the advancing militia, which they liken to a balloon that can not be stopped from popping up in different directions when subjected to pressure. With Swat and Malakand already under the Taliban's grip, fears are rife that it is almost a matter of time when Mardan, situated just 30 miles away from Swat, would cave in to the extremists.

April 30th, 2009 China reopens border with North Korea to touristsBEIJING — China has reopened its land border to tourists traveling to North Korea after a three-year break, with a group of 71 tourists visiting the isolated country, state media reported Thursday. The Chinese tourists left the city of Dandong in northeastern Liaoning province this week for a one-day tour of Sinuiju, on the other side of the Yalu river that marks the frontier, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

April 30th, 2009 CHP: US driver in tour bus crash among 5 deadSOLEDAD, Calif. — Authorities say the America driver of a bus carrying French tourists was among the five people killed when the vehicle overturned on a highway overpass in central California.

April 29th, 2009 Bus crash in central Calif kills 5 French touristsSOLEDAD, Calif. — Luggage and bodies were left strewn around a central California highway after a bus carrying French tourists overturned on an overpass, killing at least five and injuring dozens.

April 29th, 2009 At least 5 killed, dozens hurt in Calif. bus crashSOLEDAD, Calif.

April 29th, 2009 Bus crash in California kills 5 French touristsSOLEDAD, Calif. — Luggage and bodies were left strewn around a central California highway after a bus carrying French tourists overturned on an overpass, killing at least five and injuring dozens.

April 29th, 2009 5 killed, dozens hurt in California bus crashSOLEDAD, Calif. — A bus carrying French tourists overturned on a central California highway overpass Tuesday afternoon, killing at least five and injuring dozens of others, authorities said.

April 24th, 2009 2 China tourists killed by falling crane in TaiwanTAIPEI, Taiwan — The Taipei mayor says a falling crane from a high-rise building under construction has crushed a bus in Taiwan's capital. He says two Chinese tourists have been killed and three others seriously injured.

April 19th, 2009 Taiwan receives 3,000 Chinese tourists per dayTAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan has reached its goal of hosting 3,000 Chinese tourists a day as ties between the two rivals continue to strengthen, the government said Sunday. Chinese tourist arrivals averaged 3,013 people per day so far this month, compared with the daily average of 580 over the past eight months, the Immigration Agency said on its Web site.