Reuters: Oddly Enough: Five rescued, 2 missing in balloon crash off Peruvian coast

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Five rescued, 2 missing in balloon crash off Peruvian coast Apr 29th 2013, 02:17 LIMA | Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:17pm EDT LIMA (Reuters) - Five people were rescued and two were missing on Sunday after a hot air balloon plunged into the chilly waters off the coast of Peru, officials said. A police helicopter and navy boats helped pull five women out of the Pacific Ocean after searching for them for eight hours. They were taken to a hospital for treatment. "I hope we can find them as soon as possible. The two are still missing. We only know that one of them tried to swim ashore. The search will continue, even through the night, until they are found," he told RPP radio without saying what caused the mishap. The red-and-white balloon, carrying six passengers and a pilot, crashed near Canete, about 60 miles south of Lima, the capital. Local media indicated all those aboard were Peruvians.

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