One person has been killed after a hot air balloon plummeted from the sky and bounced up and down multiple times in the Netherlands.

There were 34 people on board when the balloon crashed on Wednesday evening in a meadow in the province of Friesland.

Five passengers were injured as they fell out of the basket when the air balloon landed.

Local authorities confirmed the incident, stating the balloon ‘came down quickly around 9pm and hit the ground hard’.

The aircraft had taken off from Joure – a town infamous for its colourfulballoon festival that takes place every summer – at around 8pm local time.

Monique Hoogeslag of the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association (KNVvL) said that while the descent rate appeared normal, a sudden wind gust dramatically increased its forward speed jus

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