The Federal Aviation Administration said inspections were done on airliners that were flying in the area at the time the incident occurred.
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told First Coast News Monday it has discovered that a large chunk of ice that fell from the sky onto a Flagler County home in February did not come from an airliner.
The FAA released the following statement on the discovery it made during its investigation into the incident:
“The FAA contacted airlines whose aircraft were operating in that area when the incident occurred. Inspections of those aircraft did not find evidence of water leaks that could have caused ice to form on the outside of the aircraft.”
What happened?
On Feb. 4, a large chunk of ice fell from the sky and into a home on Seattle Trail in the Seminole Woods neighborhood of Palm Coast. A neighbor called 911, saying that multiple pieces of ice were scattered across the road, with one hitting the home’s metal roof.
When first responders with the Palm Coast Fire Department arrived at the scene, firefighters found a hole in the roof and pieces of ice that had penetrated into a living room area inside the home.
Firefighters then notified the FAA and the Palm Coast Building Department. Inspectors deemed the home safe to live in and the fire department placed a blue tarp over the damaged part of the roof.
No injuries were reported in the incident, and the people who live in the home did not want to comment.
Although the FAA said the chunk of ice did not come from a plane belonging to an airline, retired FedEx pilot John Morrison previously told First Coast News instances of such do happen on rare occasions. Morrison said sometimes toilets on airliners or large planes can malfunction, which causes water to leak onto the outside of a plane and freeze “almost immediately.”
