Balloon landing causes brief outage

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - It was a rough landing Sunday morning for the crew of one balloon at the fiesta.

The "Lituanica" balloon took off with hundreds of other balloons, but after it landed, the envelope ended up in power lines.

According to the pilot, Komza Robertas, he landed just fine in a field at Los Ranchos and Second Street in northwest Albuquerque.

But then came a gust of wind.

“I don't feel like being scared or shocked, it's not very pleasant of course but sometimes it can happen,” Robertas said. “it happened for me for the first time.”

No one was hurt.

However, the incident knocked out power to about 1,200 customers.

Power was later restored.