Tuesday 16 August 2022 06:13 PM Man narrowly misses being hit by 7lb metal object that fell from an aircraft trends now
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A man was left stunned after a large, heavy metal object dropped from the wing of a passenger airplane and landed in front of him on the street.
Maine Capitol Police Screener Craig Donohue was only a few feet from disaster when the cylinder crashed in front of him as he walked outside the entrance of the state's capitol building in Augusta, Maine.
Two witnesses watched on in horror as the metal sleeve shook the ground at around 12.30 p.m last Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration were notified along with the Augusta State Airport.
Stunned Donohue said he believes the object 'would have left a pretty good mark' had it hit him, as it was 'seven or eight pounds falling from the sky unannounced.'
He also said his fellow employees gifted him a hard hat as a joke to protect against future junk falling from the sky.
The FAA believes that the metal sleeve may have fallen from the wing flap of a large passenger jet, before plummeting to the ground at a high speed in front of Donohue.
