Pilot among those killed in crash in remote section of desert after unspecified problem with balloon\u2019s envelope, officials say<\/p>\n
Four people died and a fifth was critically hurt after a hot air balloon crashed early on Sunday morning in a remote section of Arizona desert.<\/p>\n
Micah Powell, mayor of the Pinal county town of Eloy near the crash site, said 13 people \u2013 eight skydivers, four passengers and a pilot \u2013 had been in the basket of the balloon. The skydivers had already jumped when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n
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