An airplane part fell out of the sky and crashed to the ground just outside of the Maine State Capitol building last week, narrowly missing a police officer, officials said Monday.
An airplane part fell out of the sky and crashed outside the Maine State Capitol building last week, landing with a loud bang and narrowly missing a police officer, officials said Monday.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what caused the 6 to 7 pound metal sleeve to fall, according to Maine's Bureau of Capitol Police, but it appears to be from a wing flap of a large passenger jet flying over the state from abroad. No one was hurt when the sleeve-like object smashed into the ground outside the main entrance of the Capitol Friday at about 12:30 p.m., police said. But Craig Donahue, a screener at the building, was walking in about 7 feet away from where the part fell.
“It definitely shocked him,” Capitol Police Chief Matthew Clancy said. “He was walking back to the building and got quite a wakeup call.”