Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Navy drops buoy on Florida house

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepLl_lvEcmnqLHNQ0mkxQZUOml9Hchj_jEBFkyMom7jQZBQJNdD_T-TleyVdEA8o9LvIZDtl3rk_Icv84MI5QLr6ESAjdRAY2OlbFru2l1novgrMyFubGNjjtoubjRriM1ApIquuAiNw/s400/060217-N-8726C-001.jpgA sonar buoy from a Navy plane on a training flight crashed through the roof of a north Florida home.

Officials say the P-3 Orion had just taken off from Jacksonville Naval Air Station Friday morning when the 3-foot-long, 40-pound cylinder fell more than 500 feet.

The device went through the roof of a Mandarin house, landing next to a bed. Resident Marwan Saman says his daughter had just gotten out of that bed about a half hour earlier.

The Navy sent an explosives demolition team to retrieve the buoy. No injuries were reported, and the Navy was making arrangements to pay for the damage.

A P-3 can carry dozens of the devices to help track submarines. It’s possible a malfunctioning launch tube caused the plane to drop a buoy Friday morning.

via Navy drops buoy on Florida house | navy, buoy, drops - News - Northwest Florida Daily News.

Mind if the US Navy drops in? So, are these buoys explosive? I guess they just sent the explosives team because they don't really have a buoy retrieval from a girl's bedroom team.

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