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Posted: Friday, 06 November 2009 8:24AM

Airplane Part Falls on Residential Long Island



ROOSEVELT, NY (AP)  -- Police on Long Island are investigating why an airplane part fell from the sky into a residential area.

AirplaneLISTEN:
Sophia Hall reports from Roosevelt

Residents called police on the report of a suspicious object on the front lawn of a home in Roosevelt.

Officers found a 3-foot-by-4-foot cone-shaped piece of metal. Investigators determined it had fallen from a commercial airplane Thursday evening.

Police didn't immediately say which airline owned the part.

No one was injured.

(Bonus: See Where That Airplane Photo Came From )

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