Balloon Crash Burns Brazil: Eight Dead Mid-Flight
A hot air balloon caught fire mid-flight over Praia Grande in southern Brazil and plummeted to the ground, killing eight of the twenty-one passengers aboard. The catastrophic failure reignited calls for stricter regulation of Brazil's adventure tourism industry, where balloon operations had expanded rapidly with minimal federal safety oversight.
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