If you had mysterious chunks of ice smashing through homes in hot states on your 2025 bingo card, you can go ahead and check it off.
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While a family relaxed in their home on Seattle Trail, Palm Coast last month their house was obliterated by a huge chunk of ice. The frozen block smashed through their roof. Thankfully, nobody in the house was hurt. Being hit by the terminal velocity ice cube would be fatal.
A neighbor commented that it left a really big hole. The resounding crash could be heard throughout the neighborhood. Fire crews were called to the incident and left baffled at where such a massive block of ice could have fallen from. The clear skies and warm weather certainly didn't explain it.
But, recently, there have been increasing reports of frozen blocks of ice smashing through homes after falling from overhead planes.
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There have been several reports of ice falling from planes and smashing into people's homes. A couple from California are looking to sue JetBlue for exactly this reason. As they relaxed one evening a watermelon-sized chunk of frozen watery destruction pounded through their roof.
They are claiming it is from a known fault in a JetBlue plane that went overhead. It is suspected that the same thing has happened with this home in Florida. When certain bits of plumbing on passenger planes become faulty, leaks can occur.
The water pooling in unheated areas of the planes can freeze, and eventually become dislodged. This then results in an enormous chunk of ice falling onto whatever is below. This could be the ocean, but it could just as easily be residential areas.
As planes descend towards runways temperatures rise, and the movement of landing gears can dislodge the ice close to cities. The FAA is denying claims that an aircraft was responsible. "Inspections of those aircraft did not find evidence of water leaks that could have caused ice to form on the outside of the aircraft," they said in a statement.
But, if it wasn't a plane, then where on earth did it come from? It certainly didn't just materialize above the house.
