Residents alarmed as aircraft ice rips through roof

Falling ice tore through the roof of a Calgary home Friday night after falling from an aircraft, police reported.

Calgary Police officer Andy Nguyen said emergency crews were called to a home in the 100 block of Doverthorn Bay S.E. after two adults living in the residence told police they thought they heard an explosion at just after 7 p.m. on Friday evening.

“Obviously the noise from the ice going through the roof was loud enough they thought it was an explosion,” Nguyen said. “We’re fairly certain that two small pieces of ice, about golf ball size, fell through the roof and ended up in the hallway of the home.”

Nguyen said no injuries were reported, and that the home happens to sit directly under the flight path of planes landing at Calgary International Airport. Fire crews and police have contacted the Calgary Airport Authority to alert them of the incident.