Five female tourists rescued in eight-hour search after balloon crash in Pacific Ocean as two remain missing 

Peruvian authorities have managed to rescue five women from the Pacific Ocean after

The women were found clinging to the basket of the balloon on Sunday after eight hours in the freezing water.

The women have been taken to hospital, but a police helicopter and navy boats are still searching for the pilot and another man.

None of the people aboard the flight were wearing life jackets.  The Interior Minister blasted the balloon’s owner, Globos Peru SAC, for failing to provide flotation devices and not equipping it with a GPS tracker.

Reports suggest the missing men may have tried to swim to shore for help. All of the people on board are believed to be Peruvian.

Volunteers also combed the area south of the capital Lima in fishing boats and jet skis.

‘Hopefully we can find them as soon as possible,’ Minister Wilfredo Pedraza told a state-run TV station. ‘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.’