Engine parts from plane rain down on Brazil

[Rockville]

22 houses and a car hit, but no one injured; aircraft flies on to Colombia

SAO PAULO - Engine pieces from a U.S. aircraft fell from the sky in Brazil on Thursday, hitting 22 houses and a car but sparing passengers and residents on the ground.

Pieces of one of the turbines of the DC-10 plunged to the ground early Thursday in the Amazon jungle town of Manaus in northern Brazil. The plane is owned by the Miami, Florida-based Arrow Cargo company.

Television images showed houses with damage to their roofs as an engine piece nearly 6 feet long lay nearby in front of amazed onlookers.

Rai Marinho is Arrow Cargo's station manager in Manaus. She said the plane carrying four people was able to continue its flight to Bogota, Colombia, using its other two engines. She says the company will pay for damages.

The Associated Press
updated 12:39 p.m. ET March 26, 2009

[Hookee]

Haha, i think the Arrow company is secretly trying a new aircraft type (DC-13?) : http://www.luchtvaart.tv/video.php?id=7634" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (scroll to 01:00)

[bramos]

My god... that's something for the news website to be ashamed of. The plane looks quite nice, though.