An Exeter student has been killed and another injured in a hot air balloon crash in Turkey.
The balloon, which was carrying Chinese and Malaysian tourists, came down during a sightseeing ride in the Guvercinlik Valley in the central Cappadocia region.
The student killed has been named as Tang Yi, 23, from China who was studying a Masters course in Finance and Management at the University of Exeter.
The injured student is Zhang Zining, who is studying the same course.
At least eight other people were also injured in the crash on December 17.
An Exeter University spokesperson said: "We are deeply saddened by this tragic news and our condolences are with her family. The University of Exeter is offering ongoing support to the injured student."
The spokesperson added that the students were not on a university-organised trip.
The balloon had taken off from Goreme in Nevsehir province in the Central Anatolia region at around 6am local time.
Paramedics and security forces were dispatched to the scene of the crash.
The cause of the incident was unknown and an investigation was underway.
Reports from Turkey said two hot air balloons, operated by a private company, crash-landed when a sudden gust of wind forced both to land.
It is understood one balloon basket was dragged 150 meters, before it made a rough landing and flipped-over.
A Turkish newspaper reported that 11 tourists – eight of them from China and Malaysia and three from Turkey – were injured.
In 2009 a balloon crash in the same region killed a British tourist and injured nine other people.
Last year three Brazilian tourists were killed, and 20 people injured, when two balloons collided in Cappadocia.
Ballooning has become a popular tourist business in the region over the past decade.
