The man was an employee of the hot air balloon company, local media report. He had to guide the take-off of the hot air balloon. He wasn’t supposed to join the tour.
It is not yet known what exactly went wrong. As the balloon took off, the Israeli grabbed on to the outside of the basket and couldn’t let go in time. Dangling from the basket, the man rose to a height of 100 meters before falling. He ended up on a passenger car, which was driving on a highway south of Nazareth. The man had already died when paramedics arrived.
The balloon with twelve people on board has returned safely to the ground. The driver of the passenger car is also fine. The police are investigating the incident.
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