2-Foot Ice Chunk Falls in Yard

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) - May 21, 2006 (WPVI) -- A large block of ice believed to have been discarded by an airplane fell thousands of feet onto the lawn of a Brigantine residence Saturday.

The ice cube, measured at about 2 feet all the way around, made a foot-deep crater in a resident's lawn.

The resident notified the authorities, who believe the ice chunk fell from the holding tank of an airplane flying overhead.

"They usually drop it over the ocean, but I guess they missed," police Lt. Raymond Reganato told the Press of Atlantic City in Sunday newspapers.

Police sought help from the Federal Aviation Administration to identify which airplane the ice chunk fell from, but there were too many flights in the area at the time the ice fell.

(Copyright 2006 by the Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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