A HOT air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor has caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field, killing at least 19 foreign tourists.
The casualties included French, British and Japanese tourists, nine from Hong Kong and one Egyptian, a security official said.
Three survivors of the crash - a tourist and one Egyptian believed to be the badly burned pilot- were taken to a local hospital.
A Foreign Affairs and Trade Department spokeswoman has confirmed that no Australians were involved.