It's Raining Plane Parts

No one was injured by a plane part that fell from the sky and landed at Miami International Mall

It's bad enough Miami shoppers have to dodge high prices and those annoying perfume peddlers, but they had to dodge plane parts on Friday.

Doral Police said a part from a Boeing 747 cargo plane fell 1,500 feet from the sky and landed just outside of the Dillard's department store at the Miami International Mall.

The part, which was about the size of a car, came off of a plane flying into Miami International Airport from Chile. It didn't hit anything, but from that high and at a weight of at least 50 pounds, the aluminum cover to the wing flaps could have caused some serious damage.

FAA officials are investigating how the part came off the plane and said the jumbo jet was on final approach when it lost a piece of itself.

The plane landed safely and no one was injured in the parking lot, police officials said.

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