This is the moment a hot air balloon crashed into a primary school on the first day of an international festival.

Shocking images show the balloon flying low before it hits the roof of Oasis Academy Connaught in the Knowle West area of Bristol.

Witnesses described seeing the basket tip as it tried to get back into the air and said it 'looked like the people were going to fall out'.

Fortunately, the balloon was able to recover and rise again up and over the roof of the school.

Resident Stephanie, 22, a lash technician, who captured the moment said: 'I thought 'that one is looking a bit low' and pressed record.