An engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff Thursday and plummeted thousands of feet before landing harmlessly on a lawn in a Long Island residential neighborhood.

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Amused - 11/7/2009 9:03 PM

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They made it to Tokyo? Geeze I'm glad the luggage door wasn't open.

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Amused - 11/7/2009 8:19 PM

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Hey mom look what I found....

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Chris Kringle - 11/7/2009 7:36 PM

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Honey...is that a tail cone or are you just happy to see me....{{{{rimshot}}}}

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JD730 - 11/7/2009 7:24 PM

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Look out below!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DancingNancy - 11/7/2009 6:01 PM

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U.S. air carriers have many of the oldest aircraft in the world. We are showing our age!

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section8 - 11/7/2009 9:18 AM

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Actually, it was called into 911 as a suspicous piece from a UFO, our government is covering it up by placing blame on the Airlines...I am just kidding of course...or am I.

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gkiefferjfk2 - 11/7/2009 5:36 AM

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No one alerted the cops for several hours after this happened... MOST LIKELY THOUGHT it was some ornament for the lawn

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APTlifter - 11/6/2009 11:05 PM

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whoops!

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slingbIade141X - 11/6/2009 9:22 PM

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Roosevelt, N.Y-the childhood home of Howard Stern--BABA BOOEY BABA BOOEY !

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munchkinthecat - 11/6/2009 9:19 PM

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I'm glad no one was hurt.

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