Hot Air Balloon Rides in Cappadocia, Turkey

In Turkey’s fairy chimney landscapes around Göreme in Cappadocia, tourists flock to crowded hot air balloon baskets from unregulated operators, facing sudden wind gusts or pilot errors causing crashes, fires, or hard landings that have killed and injured dozens in recent mass accidents despite the scenic sunrise views.

Sky-high thrills end in tragedy, but crowded waters drown in chaos. The next page surfaces the horrors of overloaded ferries across the Philippine islands, defying warnings for essential travel that turns fatal…

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