US EditionPipe that smashed car in Maine may have fallen from plane, police say
- A 35-pound metal pipe struck the rear of a parked Volkswagen Jetta at the Maine State Pier parking area in Portland on May 1, 2025, causing significant damage to the vehicle's back end.
- Police and Portland Police Department spokesperson Brad Nadeau suspect the pipe came from an aircraft, based on the vehicle's damage and its location near the flight path.
- The incident happened near 56 Commercial Street, close to the waterfront and the Portland Jetport, with Malette, the vehicle owner and a Casco Bay Lines employee, receiving notice from staff about the damage.
- Nadeau confirmed that the FAA has been informed and is looking into the situation, while Malette expressed relief that the object struck his vehicle rather than a pedestrian and mentioned he was still able to drive his car home without issue.
- No injuries occurred, and police concluded the damage was likely caused by an object falling from the sky, pending the ongoing FAA investigation and response.
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Pipe that damaged car in Maine may have fallen from airplane, police say
A piece of pipe that fell on a car parked in a Portland, Maine parking lot, damaging it, Wednesday may have fallen all the way from a passing airplane, authorities say. Cam Malette, a deckhand on a Casco Bay Lines ferry, told the Portland Press Herald that a coworker called him around 10 p.m. that night to tell him that the rear windshield of his Volkswagen Jetta, parked in the ferry line’s lot on Commercial Street, had been shattered. When he a…
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