Luxor hot air ballon flight ends in tragedy

Deaths of 19 foreign tourists confirmed after hot-air balloon goes down near Luxor southern Egypt.

Bodies of the dead tourists were scattered across the field around the remnants of the balloon. A security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said 18 bodies had been recovered at the crash site.

Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from Luxor.