FedEx DC10 Dumps Engine Cowling On New Jersey Neighborhood

[Matt Molnar]

Hahhaa they sent a FedEx truck to pick up the pieces.

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.

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[jakbar]

Hahhaa they sent a FedEx truck to pick up the pieces.

That's the best part of the story! Hilarious!

[T-Bird76]

Hahhaa they sent a FedEx truck to pick up the pieces.

OMG that's great! "yeah truck 101 you have a new pickup, curbside unpackaged," "what is it?" "Oh its a piece of one of our planes. tag it for priority overnight." LOL

[FlyingColors]

Dammit!

I would have KEPT IT !!!!!!!!!

(would have told the cops that noise must have been a cat knocking over garbage cans...)


LOLOLOLOLOLOLO!