Foreign dignitaries, Egyptian officials and religious figures on Friday (March 1) attended a prayer services and commemoration for the victims of a hot balloon crash that killed 19 people last week.<br/> <br />Diplomats from China, Japan, Great Britain and Hungary laid flowers at the site where the balloon crashed in farmland a few kilometres from the Valley of the Kings and other temples popular with tourists.<br/> <br />Eyewitness accounts and amateur video indicate that the balloon caught fire after one of its gas canisters came loose as the pilot was attempting to land.<br/> <br />Relatives of the victims have travelled to Egypt to visit the site of the crash and to bring home the bodies of their loved ones.
