AN egg-shaped hot air balloon that touched down in a suburban Perth street was not involved in an emergency, but came down as a precaution.
Police reported the balloon, which is promoting the Cirque Du Soleil production Ovo, made an emergency landing in the eastern suburb of Burswood around 8.30am (WST) on Tuesday.
Two passengers were not injured.
Police later said it was a controlled landing.
"It was in fact a safe and precautionary landing, as this was a more appropriate place to land under the circumstances, as opposed to the eventual planned landing," police said.
"The company have advised us that if this was a genuine emergency landing, they would by law have had to declare it as an emergency and this has not taken place."
Picture This Ballooning chief executive Damian Crock told AAP that the pilot, Peter Wright, who had more than 10 years experience, made the decision to land the balloon early.
"The wind became light and variable," he said.
"The pilot makes the assessment on how much to travel.
"He decided that it was the best place to cut short the flight."
The balloon has been floating above Perth in the past week.
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