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Piece of aircraft falls into back yard
Tribune staff reports
April 29, 2002
A 2-foot-square piece of aircraft fuselage fell from the sky over Chicago late Sunday night, landing in the back yard of a Southwest Side home.
At about 11:30 p.m., residents in the Ashburn neighborhood heard the piece of metal skip off one roof and onto another before landing in the back yard of a home in the 8500 block of South Rockwell Street, according to a Chicago Lawn District police officer who did not want to be identified. He said the sheet was painted orange.
Because of the distinctive color, Southwest Airlines was notified, and a spokesman confirmed that the part fell from the wings of a flight from Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago, with 89 passengers.
There were no injuries on the ground and the plane landed safely. An FAA spokesman, Tom Kenney, said the agency is investigating.
Tribune staff reports
April 29, 2002
A 2-foot-square piece of aircraft fuselage fell from the sky over Chicago late Sunday night, landing in the back yard of a Southwest Side home.
At about 11:30 p.m., residents in the Ashburn neighborhood heard the piece of metal skip off one roof and onto another before landing in the back yard of a home in the 8500 block of South Rockwell Street, according to a Chicago Lawn District police officer who did not want to be identified. He said the sheet was painted orange.
Because of the distinctive color, Southwest Airlines was notified, and a spokesman confirmed that the part fell from the wings of a flight from Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago, with 89 passengers.
There were no injuries on the ground and the plane landed safely. An FAA spokesman, Tom Kenney, said the agency is investigating.