Airplane Debris, Mistaken For UFO,Lands In Maryland Park

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Airplane debris, mistaken for UFO, lands in Maryland park

AP

Posted: 2007-08-13 11:39:13

BOYDS, Md. (AP) - Hilary Loewenstein initially thought a strange metal object near the path where she was walking her two dogs looked like a piece of a spaceship.

 

"I was like, 'Oh my God! I saw aliens! Aliens are here!' And I thought, 'How exciting!"' Loewenstein said.

 

In fact, the 25-pound chunk was not a remnant of a UFO. It was from a commuter jet headed to Washington's Dulles International Airport.

 

The object landed in a grassy area between houses and soccer fields that often are full of children. No one was hurt, and the plane landed safely.

 

"We were all very lucky," said Loewenstein, who made the discovery Saturday. "It's so amazing that this piece of airplane didn't fall onto the zillions of houses right behind it."

 

United Express Flight 7350, which was traveling from Hartford, Conn., apparently shed the small door that retracts when the wheels emerge before landing, airline officials said.

 

"The landing gear door is not necessary to land the plane," United Airlines spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said. "Customers on the flight were always safe."

 

The Federal Aviation Administration was to pick up the piece of debris from police Monday and try to figure out why it fell off, FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown said.

 

"Various things fall off airplanes from time to time, but it's fairly unusual to have one of these landing-gear doors fall off," Brown said. "Airplanes are designed not to shed parts."

 

Although the debris wasn't from a UFO, Loewenstein said she wasn't too disappointed.

 

"We were very excited to find something like that in the town of Boyds, where nothing ever happens," she said.

 

Information from: The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com

 

 

 

First off, even though I live in Maryland, most of us are not like the apparent idiots that live in Boyds. Secondly, I find it sad that this event seems to be taken so lightly. What if the landing-gear door had fallen on someone and killed them. Its a miracle that it didn't hit anyone. The lack of quality workmanship that seems to be permeating our society is just ONE of the things that other countrys laugh at us for.

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