Overview
- The Whittier rental unit, which was hit Friday at about 11:15 a.m., was left with a hole in the ceiling and chunks of ice spread across the living room.
- Tenant Yuder Grau said the strike sounded like an explosion and noticed a foul odor from the dirty ice, and no injuries were reported.
- Homeowner Thania Magaña checked flight-tracking data that showed a plane overhead at the time and asked Supervisor Janice Hahn to push for an inquiry.
- After Tuesday's request, Hahn called for a thorough FAA investigation, and an agency spokesperson said the FAA reviews every report alleging ice fell from an airplane.
- Possible sources remain unconfirmed, with reporting outlining aircraft ice, frozen lavatory waste known as blue ice, or rare megacryometeors, and the owner is keeping the ice bagged for testing.