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Woman devastated after huge chunk of ice falls from plane and causes tragedy

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Updated 14:13 10 May 2024 GMT+1Published 14:12 10 May 2024 GMT+1

Woman devastated after huge chunk of ice falls from plane and causes tragedy

Cassidy Lewis said her family have been left devastated by the freak accident

Olivia Burke

Olivia Burke

A family have been left devastated over a tragic accident which saw a chunk of ice fall onto their property from a plane.

Cassidy Lewis has told how she frantically ran outside to check on her animals at her home in Eagle Mountain, Utah, after hearing a deafening bang which 'shook' the rural property on Monday (6 May) morning.

The mum explained she was met by a chaotic scene as all of her four-legged friends were 'freaking out', only to find that a huge chunk of ice had ripped a hole in a shed where her goats reside.

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Cassidy headed inside the wooden hut and sadly discovered that one of her pets was bleeding and injured while surrounded by pieces of ice.

She immediately rushed the goat to an emergency veterinarian, where it was then put to sleep as there was nothing they could do to save the animal.

But the mum couldn't make sense of what had happened and where the 'basketball-sized' chunk of ice had come from, so contacted her local sheriff to try and help her make sense of the tragedy.

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The 'basketball-sized' chunk of ice ripped a hole in the roof of the goat shed. (KUTV 2News)
The 'basketball-sized' chunk of ice ripped a hole in the roof of the goat shed. (KUTV 2News)

Recalling her first thoughts as she found the wounded animal, Cassidy told KUTV: "It was at least a basketball-sized piece of ice, I would assume, especially because the size of the hole and how much ice there was on the ground.

"Roosters were freaking out, the horses were going crazy," she explained.

A 'confused' Cassidy informed the sheriff what had gone on, before he offered up his theory for how the incident unfolded.

He informed her that as her home is located along a flight path to Salt Lake City International Airport - meaning that loads of planes always fly above it - the most likely explanation was that the large piece of ice had fallen from an aircraft.

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Cassidy Lewis said the impact of the ice 'shook' her whole house. (KUTV 2News)
Cassidy Lewis said the impact of the ice 'shook' her whole house. (KUTV 2News)

The mum said she had 'no idea that could even happen' and was left feeling thankful that her children were not injured.

She added: "We're just very unlucky apparently to have it hit us.

"Honestly, every time I hear a plane go by, I'm thinking like, it's made me a little bit nervous about it happening again."

Although she reckons the odds of a slab of ice tumbling from an airplane into a goat shed and fatally striking an animal are more than 'one in a million', Cassidy is 'convinced' that is what happened.

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Her beloved pet goat sadly passed away following the incident. (KUTV 2News)
Her beloved pet goat sadly passed away following the incident. (KUTV 2News)

She contacted the Salt Lake City International Airport as well as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in wake of the tragedy, the latter of whom informed her they were investigating the incident.

The FAA told the mum they were trying to track down which passing plane the ice may have fallen from.

Featured Image Credit: KUTV

Topics: Animals, US News, News, Travel, Weird

Olivia Burke
Olivia Burke

Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers, including News UK. She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part). She is a stereotypical reality TV addict, but still finds time for a serious documentary.

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