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Ice chunk falls from the sky
22/12/2005 14:02 - (SA)
Tokyo - A disc-shaped piece of ice of unknown origin plummeted from the sky onto a golf course near Tokyo, narrowly missing players on the fairway but causing no injuries, police said.
Authorities were investigating the bizarre incident, said Saitama prefectural (state) police spokesperson Masahiko Kuwashima.
Four players at the Heisei Club golf course in Saitama, just outside Tokyo, heard a loud thud on Wednesday and found a disc-shaped hunk of ice about 50cm in diameter, 15 cm thick and weighs 2kg, Kuwashima said.
The disc had broken into several pieces, the spokesperson said.
He said police investigators have asked the Transport Ministry to check into the possibility that ice stuck on an airplane might have fallen, and are waiting for the ministry's response.
There have been several past reports of ice falling in Chiba prefecture (state) near Tokyo's Narita International Airport, Kuwashima said.
But there is no airport in Saitama, and the golf course involved on Wednesday is not known to be beneath a flight route, he said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the mysterious incident, Kuwashima said.
"It's puzzling," he said, adding that the ice was being kept in a police department freezer.
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