A man narrowly missed a large metal object that likely fell from a plane in Maine

CNN ^ | Amy Simonson, Jennifer Feldman, Alisha Ebrahimji and Jennifer Henderson,

[BenLurkin]

Maine Capitol Police screener Craig Donahue was returning from his lunch break when he heard a "loud thud" and the sound of metal rolling.

The cylinder was about 7 inches by 5 inches with grease all over it...

Two other people saw the object fall around 12:30 p.m. near the capitol building in Augusta, according to a Maine Department of Public Safety news release. No injuries were reported.

The Maine Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the FAA is "attempting to locate the source of the part which is likely from a large airliner on an international route."

In a statement to CNN on Tuesday morning, an FAA spokesperson said, "The FAA is aware of the report and is investigating."

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Well, at least the plane will be faster now that it’s lighter. :)

[amnestynone]

I guess planes in Maine are related to rain in Spain.

[Robert DeLong]

I didn’t see your post, before I posted. 😋

[twoputt]

I know this is from CNN, but it took four people to write a simple story like this?

[Pollard]

and to write the title, only it took four people

[blackdog]

Stuff falls off planes all the time. I even had a side window blow out and it landed on a Rollercoaster ride in Carowinds Amusement park. Nobody was hurt. It’s a big pretty much empty countryside except for the takeoffs and landings.

[pfflier]

“A man missed a large metal object”? Was he trying to catch it?

Maybe he was emotionally attached to it. Add MO (metallic object) to the LGBT alphabet soup...LGBTABCDEFG...MO

[HartleyMBaldwin]

The Maine Department of Public Safety said in a news release that the FAA is “attempting to locate the source of the part which is likely from a large airliner on an international route.”

Just monitor the crash reports.

[House Atreides]

“… The cylinder was about 7 inches by 5 inches with grease all over it...…”
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Pete Buttigieg’s butt plug?

[glennaro]

The pain in Maine falls mainly from the plane

Drum roll…. Well done!

Second that. Very creative.

[grobdriver]

it took four people to write a simple story like this?

And still screw it up (title).

[Seruzawa]

Guess there are no editors. Semiliterates just print whatever.

[Yo-Yo]

C’mon guys, maybe you need a refresher course!

It’s all ball bearings nowadays.

[Clay Moore]

Main landing gear bearing?

[T.B. Yoits]

Looks like some kind of bearing assembly.

It might be an adapter for a tapered wheel bearing press.

[Delta 21]

One of my favorite routine weekly message traffic was titled
“THINGS THAT FELL FROM AIRCRAFT”.

[Ezekiel]

Which is more important, timing or location?

No need to argue in this case.

This large metal object — “which is likely from a large airliner on an international route” — fell near the capitol building in Augusta.

In August.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Right! The way it’s written, it sounds like the guy just left his house and missed the FedEx delivery guy.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That chunk looks a bit more important to flying than a bag of peanuts.

[cornfedcowboy]

I would agree that this might be from the landing gear assembly but that whole mechanism gets seal up during flight.