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Manslaughter charge for balloon owner

THE owner of a hot air ballooning company has been charged with manslaughter after a tourist was killed in Alice Springs last year.

THE owner of a Northern Territory ballooning company has been charged with manslaughter following an investigation into the death of a tourist.

NSW woman Steph Bernoth was preparing to climb into a hot air balloon basket when her scarf was sucked into an inflating fan, causing serious neck injuries, in July 2013.

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