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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/two-killed-in-hot-air-balloon-crash.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Two men were killed when a hot air balloon crashed near a country club in Somerset" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-two-killed-in-hot-air-balloon-crash.jpg" alt="Two men were killed when a hot air balloon crashed near a country club in Somerset"/></a></p>
<p>A hot air balloon on a high-altitude flight lost control and plummeted to the ground, killing both occupants, emergency services have said.</p>
<p>The accident occurred shortly after 9.30am on Saturday morning close to the grounds of a golf club in Midsomer Norton, near Bath, Somerset.</p>
<p>A ground crew tracking the balloon lost sight of the aircraft in the clouds shortly before it came down, according to Avon Fire and Rescue Service.</p>
<p>Two men were pronounced dead at the scene. No other aircraft were thought to be involved in the accident and no one on the ground was injured.</p>
<p>It is thought that the occupants of the balloon were attempting to ascend to 20,000ft when something went wrong, causing the balloon to fall rapidly.</p>
<p>Sarah Allen, spokeswoman for Avon Fire and Rescue Service, said: &#8220;We believe the balloon was attempting a high-altitude flight. It was being monitored by Bristol Air Traffic Control.</p>
<p>&#8220;They had a ground crew with them that lost the balloon in the clouds.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added that family members of the two victims in the balloon were among the team attempting to follow the aircraft.</p>
<p>Emergency services started receiving calls about the incident at 9.47am.</p>
<p>Witnesses reported seeing the balloon plummet from the sky.</p>
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