An officer with the Maine Capitol Police in the United States was nearly hit Monday by a large metal object that apparently fell from an aircraft outside the building, officials said.
“The bushing-like object weighing about 3 pounds fell at high speed approximately 2 meters from Capitol Police tracker Craig Donahue, who was walking outside the entrance,” the state’s public safety department said in a statement. press release.
Two other people were in the area and saw the object fall around 12:30 pm near the Capitol building in Augusta.
Capitol Police notified Augusta State Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to the statement.
“The FAA has launched an investigation while attempting to locate the source of the part which is likely to be from a large aircraft en route internationally,” the press release said.
The FAA issued awareness notices for flights that were over the area at the time of the incident, officials said in the press release.
THE CNN contacted the FAA for comment. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Source: CNN Brasil
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