hot air balloon has burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board in the country's worst air accident in more than three decades.<br /><br />Police said the balloon appeared to have caught fire before crashing on Saturday into farmland near Carterton, about 80 km northeast of the capital Wellington on New Zealand's North Island.<br /><br />"Sadly the pilot and 10 passengers on-board have not survived," Mike Rusbatch, wellington district commander superintendent, said.<br /><br />The accident occurred in calm, clear and warm weather in a region well known for hot air ballooning.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports.
