DANVILLE, Calif. -- Authorities are investigating the discovery of plane parts that fell out of the sky and onto a house.
The plane parts were found on a roof of a home in Danville Monday night, authorities said.
It wasn't clear what plane or airline the parts fell from. There were no plane crashes reported in the area. No injuries were reported.
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During tonight's 11:00 broadcast, KGW here in Portland showed an image of one of the pieces, which was fairly large (although hard to gauge how wide). From the pictures -- AND THIS IS JUST MY GUESS -- it looked like it was painted in WN's Canyon Blue scheme... the piece was blue with a little piece of red and yellow cheatline-ish stripe on one tip.
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Quoting Flashmeister (Thread starter): THIS IS JUST MY GUESS -- it looked like it was painted in WN's Canyon Blue scheme... the piece was blue with a little piece of red and yellow cheatline-ish stripe on one tip.
If it was then surly the US authorites would have figured out the airline by now
Flashmeister From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2864 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2387 times:
Not necessarily... there have been cases in the past where pieces have flown off and the pilots don't know until they land, and even if the FAA knew, that doesn't mean they're gonna say anything...
SFORunner From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 323 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2349 times:
Maybe this is UA's way of keeping their planes from being repo'ed.
Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2092 times:
It came from an MD-10. FedEx flt. 1117, OAK-AFW, left OAK at 8:02pm. That seems to fit the description of this incident.
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NightFlier From United States of America, joined May 2004, 284 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1890 times:
I agree with Pilottim747 at first it look like a Southwest paint scheme, but when it mentioned that it came off a cargo aircraft, FedX came to mind. Glad no one was hurt. Regards NF
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Flashmeister From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 2864 posts, RR: 7 Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 1875 times:
From the San Jose Mercury News:
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Donn Walker said Tuesday morning the parts apparently came from the MD11's No. 2 engine thrust reverser. He said the parts' absence did not significantly threaten the flight.
I dunno... seems a little strange to me. Perhaps the reverser and the part of the tail that's right next to #2? That little fin behind the engine?
Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 1821 times:
Didnt a similar part come off of a NW DC-10 a few weeks ago?
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LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12365 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
Perhaps FedEx is expirmenting with a new form of faster delivery . At least no one got hurt, the a/c landed safely but I am afraid this will bring out all of the anti-DC-10/MD-11 types. Could this be a MX issue?
September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3623 posts, RR: 23 Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 1590 times:
Quoting Dan2002 (Reply 9): Didnt a similar part come off of a NW DC-10 a few weeks ago
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OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1533 times:
Quoting Dan2002 (Reply 9): Didnt a similar part come off of a NW DC-10 a few weeks ago?
I read elsewhere (unconfirmed, mind you) that the part that came off on Fedex's was the section aft of the rudder and above the aft end of the number 2 engine (starting at the "Fe" and to the left), as seen in this photo...
The part that left the NWA a few weeks back was the gray part, the one that's underneath the part that Fedex reportedly lost, also from the number 2 engine... NWA's was in a metallic, non-painted finish, IIRC...
FA4UA From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 812 posts, RR: 21 Reply 14, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1504 times:
ABC tonight in San Francisco reported it being a DC-10. Wonder if it's one of UA's old ones that we sold to them?
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The FedEx pilots didn't know pieces of their plane had fallen off until after they made a smooth landing in Texas. Danville resident Jim Moura, however, immediately suspected what had happened when he heard the thud.
"I knew it was part of an airplane because they fly over the house all the time," said Moura, 83, a retired Kaiser Industries truck driver and administrator. "I thought it was part of the fuselage."
It was metal, 8 to 10 feet long, chest high, Moura said, and painted "a crazy purple."
That chunk of metal and two others that made backyard landings in a residential neighborhood just east of Interstate 680 were part of the covering of the No. 2 engine of a FedEx MD-11 cargo jet, said Donn Walker, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The flight originated in Oakland shortly before the pieces fell off, and the plane landed safely at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, with two pilots and an assortment of packages, said Ryan Furby, a FedEx spokesman
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. At least no one got hurt, the a/c landed safely but I am afraid this will bring out all of the anti-DC-10/MD-11 types. Could this be a MX issue?
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