By Ben Hill For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 04:17 GMT, 18 February 2019 | Updated: 04:17 GMT, 18 February 2019
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The director of a hot air balloon company who had two flights land just metres from homes has claimed the driver of one didn't give himself enough time to stop as the balloon was full of 'very light Chinese people'.
Kiff Saunders runs Global Ballooning, and was on one of the flights that crash landed in Melbourne on Monday morning.
Both balloons came down near homes in the city's east, with one ending up in a woman's backyard.
Mr Saunders told Daily Mail Australia one of the hot air balloons was carrying Asian tourists who were 'light', and therefore the pilot misjudged the distance he needed to land.
'He had a basket of Chinese people, they're all very light you see. They don't weigh as much,' Mr Saunders said.
Kiff Saunders runs Global Ballooning, and was on one of the flights that crash landed in Melbourne on Monday morning. Pictured is the group on the other balloon
Mr Saunders told Daily Mail Australia one of the hot air balloons was carrying Asian tourists (pictured) who were 'light', and therefore the pilot misjudged the distance he needed to land
Two hot air balloons carrying 17 people crashed just metres away from houses in Melbourne
'[The pilot] didn't give himself as much room as he should've. It's not uncommon to have a drag landing.
'I've been doing this for 25 years - it is an adventure. Our primary concern is for people's
