Turbine Blades of Failed Engine Rain Down Upon Miami
Turbine blades from a failed engine of an Eastern Airlines jet, some a foot long, rained down on a Miami neighborhood, punching holes in roofs and shattering car windows, officials said today.
The blades fell on an residential area about a mile from Miami International Airport Thursday night after one of three engines failed on a Boeing 727 bound for Washington.
Residents playing on a neighborhood football field fled.
Eastern spokeswoman Paula Musto said the plane turned around and landed safely at the airport.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said some of the blades were a foot long but were of lightweight titanium.
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