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Video footage shows the moment a hot air balloon was forced to make an emergency landing in Australia.

The balloon was on its maiden flight with 12 people on board at around 7.20am this morning over Elwood, Melbourne, when things started to go wrong.

Karen said she was on board with her family for her daughter’s birthday, and the dramatic landing saw the basket bump several buildings on its way down.

‘He missed the powerlines, he missed the cars, some big elm trees that [were] buffeted at our fall, so we didn’t come down too aggressively, although it was, you know, quite a thud,’ she told ABC radio.

‘But nobody was hurt, he was incredibly calm. He did an amazing job, really.’

Nick Brau, the chief pilot for Liberty Balloon Flights, called the incident ‘a bit embarrassing’.

‘The valve that releases hot air from the top, which we use to manoeuvre the balloon, didn’t seal properly,’ he told radio 3AW.

‘So I was losing a lot of heat and it was difficult to keep the balloon up in the air so that’s why I was flying low and I was aiming for the beach but we didn’t make it for about 200 metres.’

He said the hot air balloon flew for about half an hour, but it had a malfunction he couldn’t explain, and it couldn’t get into the air properly.

Emergency services, including firefighters, police and paramedics arrived at the scene to find the deflated balloon draped over two rooftops in Tiuna Grove.

But thankfully, no one was injured.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating what happened by taking witness accounts, and is examining the balloon for any problems.

Chris Kessaris, the owner of the pet grooming store Petiquette by Caroline, arrived at work this morning to find straw strewn around the backyard.

‘There’ve been heaps of people gathering around,’ he told The Guardian, adding there are ‘always dramas’ with the balloons in Melbourne.

‘Chris from Petiquette definitely won’t be getting his arse in a hot air balloon, and you can quote me on that.

‘We’ve seen them two metres above the water out where they do the kite surfing in St Kilda.’

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