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Investigators: Falling Plane Part Apparently Crashed Into Home
Woman comes home to find metal object on the floor, hole in the ceiling. Report: Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board investigating.
A woman's home is in need of unusual repairs after she found what appears to be a piece of an airplane that had crashed through her dining room ceiling and landed in the floor.
The piece of metal is described as being a few inches long. Abby Baker told NBC Washington that her home is in the flight path for aircraft from Dulles International Airport.
"At first, I thought maybe a gas pipe burst or something, and then I found this piece here that I thought maybe was a pipe from a gas pipe,” Baker said. “But when I had the gas company come out, they identified it as likely a piece of aircraft."
The National Transportation Safety Board will reportedly analyze the object and check with area airlines to see if there are related reports with any planes.
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