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Apparent Plane Panel Falls On Kent Neighborhood; FAA Investigating

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KENT, Wash. (AP) - A piece of metal that appears to be a landing gear door from an airplane fell to the ground Friday morning in a Kent, Wash., neighborhood.
    
Witnesses say the refrigerator-size panel hit the ground and skipped about 30 feet before stopping in a street. No one in the neighborhood about 15 miles south of Seattle was hurt.
    
Photos on news station KOMO's website (http://is.gd/NJjJkY ) show part of an identification plate on the object that has the word "aircraft" along with a serial number.
    
Neighbors say a cargo jet flew low over the area at about the same time the part came down.
    
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.
    

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