Sharjah: Hate to burst your bubble but this air balloon is going down!

Published January 17th, 2017 - 09:06 GMT
Six tourists were seriously injured after their hot air balloon crashed to the ground in Sharjah. (Courtesy of Sharjah Police)
Six tourists were seriously injured after their hot air balloon crashed to the ground in Sharjah. (Courtesy of Sharjah Police)

Sharjah Police are investigating a hot air balloon accident that happened on Saturday morning and left six tourists injured.

The hot air balloon went down suddenly in Al Madam desert area, Sharjah Police said on Monday.

Colonel Ahmad Bin Darwish, director of Sharjah's Central Region, said: "We're looking into what happened to determine if any violations occurred."

The police operations room received a call on Saturday 9am saying that six foreign tourists were injured when a balloon suddenly went down.

The injured were moved to Al Qassimi hospital for treatment.

By Aghaddir Ali

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