Plane parts fall off sky in Osaka
A KLM Royal Dutch aircraft. (Representational image)
A 4.3-kilogram part that dropped from a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passenger airplane hit a moving car in Osaka on Saturday, the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry’s West Japan Civil Aviation Bureau said Sunday.
The part struck the roof of the vehicle, but neither of its two occupants — the 51-year-old driver and the passenger — was hurt, Osaka prefectural police sources said.
The KLM Boeing 777-200 aircraft dropped a metal panel from around the base of its right main wing during an ascent after taking off from Kansai Airport at 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, according to the police and the bureau.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The plane is believed to have been flying at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters when the part fell off.
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