TOKYO, Japan — A panel weighing 4.3 kilograms (about 9.5 lbs) falls from a plane shortly after take-off from a Japanese airport and smashes the window of a car being driven below, news reports and the airline say Sunday.
No one is injured, but aviation authorities will send safety inspectors to the western city of Osaka to investigate, says national broadcaster NHK.
The piece fell on the vehicle shortly after the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777 with 321 passengers on board took off from Kansai International Airport, bound for Amsterdam on Saturday.
The panel damaged the car’s roof and broke its rear window, NHK says.
The panel, 0.6 meters (2 feet) long and one meter (over 3 feet) wide, is made of composite materials, and fell from the base of the right wing at an altitude of 2,400 meters (7,900 feet) or higher.
KLM says the aircraft landed safely at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport Saturday afternoon.
— AFP
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