An emergency evacuation slide fell from a United Airlines flight and landed in the backyard of a suburban home near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The FAA said a United Airlines Boeing 767, UAL Flight 12, landed safely Monday at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on arrival from Zurich, Switzerland, when maintenance workers realized that an emergency slide was missing from the plane's side.
The slide fell from a United Airlines Boeing 767 en route to Chicago from Zurich, Switzerland. (Laura & Patrick Devitt/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX )
The 9-hour, 22-minute flight was preparing to land when the emergency evacuation slide dropped into the backyard of Laura and Patrick Devitt's home in suburban Chicago.
The family said it discovered it in their backyard after it fell on Monday. Patrick told local news station WLS-TV his son and father-in-law were having lunch in the kitchen, when they hear a loud "boom" at 12:15 p.m.
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When they investigated the noise, they found the deflated slide which had caused damage to the family's home. The Devitt's said that the piece of equipment hit part of the house, damaging the roof, downspout and a window screen.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an emergency slide fell from a plane into a residential neighborhood near Chicago O'Hare International Airport (Laura & Patrick Devitt/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX )
The Devitt's said that the emergency slide is larger "than a small car."
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"When it’s all stretched out, like it’s a little jumbled up I’m sure in the picture from when we dragged it out, it’s larger than a small car," Devitt told WLS. "It’s a very, very big piece of equipment."
A maintenance crew at the airport discovered the plane’s emergency slide was missing after the United Airlines' flight had landed from Zurich, Switzerland, the FAA confirmed with Fox News Digital. (Laura & Patrick Devitt/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX )
The large emergency slide did not injure any residents as it fell from the sky on Monday afternoon.
After the Devitt's made the unusual discovery, they dragged the silver slide to their front yard and promptly called the Chicago Police Department.
Authorities responded to the scene on the 4700 block of North Chester Avenue, along with FAA investigators. The FAA said that investigators is continuing to investigate the incident.
United Airlines did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.