Pieces from FedEx jet land in NJ

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Pieces of a FedEx plane land in Nutley, N.J.

Eyewitness News

(Nutley-WABC, March 28, 2006) -

Pieces of an engine cover - including one chunk larger than a door - fell off a FedEx jet this morning and into Nutley, but no one was injured.

Eyewitness News has learned the plane left Newark Liberty International Airport enroute to Oakland, Calif., where it landed safely, said Arlene Murray, the FAA representative.

"The largest piece landed on a road in Nutley, N.J.,'' said Murray. "It was approximately five feet by eight feet.''

"It didn't hit any homes,'' she said, adding the FAA is investigating the incident.

Edited March 28, 2006 by hoss

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Mar 28, 2006 1:28 pm US/Eastern

Special Delivery: FedEx Jet Drops Engine Parts

Four Pieces Fell Off Plane Over Nutley Overnight

(CBS) NUTLEY

A New Jersey family got a scary delivery from FedEx early this morning.

A huge piece of a jet engine covering came crashing down on a lawn in Nutley just after take-off at around 2 o'clock this morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the piece was an engine cowling -- a protective covering over the engine that is also used for noise abatement.

The plane part, which is more than 5-feet long, hit the pavement on Maple Place. No one on the ground was injured.

Flight 1020, a DC-10 FedEx cargo plane, departed Newark Liberty International Airport at 1:59 a.m. Just after 2 a.m., four pieces of an engine cover tore off and dropped to the ground.

The plane landed safely in Oakland, California.

The FAA reported that they would examine the maintenance records for the FedEx plane.

Investigators found pieces of the jet in three other locations in the Nutley area.

The biggest piece -- about 8-feet by 5-feet -- fell on a street. The other pieces were 5-by-3 feet and a narrower, 3-foot-long piece; the fourth has yet to be examined.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Mechanics on the ground 10 minutes after take-off:

"Hmm....wonder where this screw goes to? Oh well."

[truckie45 1]

Thnak GOD nobody was walking in that area. I wounder what went wrong. Thank god nobody got hurt.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Hmmm, FedEx plane.

Can anyone say "Castaway"?

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Edited March 29, 2006 by xfirefighter484x

[CAM502 6]

Kind of made me think of "Donnie Darko" when the engine drops into his room....

Could you imagine coming outside and seeing that on your lawn?

[BedfordFire 7]

Can some one tell me how they still made it ALL THE WAY to california with pieces that big missing on their plane?!

[grumpyff 1,159]

From what one news agency was saying, it was part of the engine cover, used for noise abatement. The engine could still work, one just louder. Kind of like a car losing its muffler (I guess), only bigger.