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Jet tail conelands on family's lawn in Roosevelt
Quick ReadNo one was hurt when the cone-shaped object came flying off a plane that took off moments earlier from John F. Kennedy Airport.
Photo credit: Photo by/James Russell | A slab of metal fell from the sky and landed on a front lawn in Roosevelt early Thursday evening. Investigators think it's a piece of a plane. Police officers went to check it out after a 6:30 p.m. emergency call. The caller told the police about a suspicious object on the front lawn. (November 6, 2009)
Mysterious cone lands in Roosevelt
It's a bird! It's a plane! Well, it's part of a plane.
An engine tail cone hurtled off a Tokyo-bound Delta jet, landing on a family's lawn in Roosevelt, authorities said.
No one was hurt Thursday when the cone-shaped object came flying off Flight 799, which had taken off moments earlier from Kennedy Airport about 10 miles away, authorities said.
Only when the Boeing 777 twin-engine...
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