Five people were rescued Sunday, but two more remain missing, after their hot air balloon crashed off the coast of Peru. The balloon's red and white wreckage was found in the Pacific Ocean south of the capital, Lima, the state-run Andina news agency reported. Citing the country's interior minister, it said that those rescued -- all women -- were taken to a naval hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known. The balloon's pilot and another man, a passenger, are still missing. "Hopefully we can find them as soon as possible," Andina reported Minister Wilfredo Pedraza as saying. "All we know is that one of them tried to swim to the coast. The search will continue, even at night, until they are rescued." Workers are scouring the area with the help of helicopters, fishing boats and jet skis.
