A METAL jet panel found in a field by a dog walker has triggered a security probe amid fears it fell from the sky.
The tray-sized object appears to have come from a Boeing plane and appeared in a grassy field five miles from East Midlands Airport.
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It is the latest incident to hit Boeing after a series of parts fell from its aircraft mid-air.
Tracker Chris Dawson, 56, who was leading cocker spaniel Charlie under the flight path, says the panel would have killed anyone it hit.
He tried to alert authorities but after struggling to raise the alarm, he contacted The Sun and we notified aviation chiefs.
Chris said: “This could have had a devastating impact if it had landed in a residential area. Anyone below would have died instantly.
“It’s surprising that a part of a plane could just fall out of the sky, especially in light of all the safety issues surrounding Boeing jets recently.”
The father-of-two, from Sutton Bonington, Notts, said: “We walk the same route several times a week and there are no tractors or machinery around so it could only have fallen from the sky. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”
Markings on the faulty panel show it was manufactured by aircraft parts maker Asian Composites Manufacturing in Malaysia in 2013.
Last night, Boeing refused to reveal the model of the plane it crashed from or the airline.
It said: “This appears to be a small access panel from an older generation aircraft. We will turn to the carrier for information about its operations, and to the CAA and local authorities for any other information.”
Tendai Mutambirwa of the Civil Aviation Authority told us: “We are aware of this and are currently analyzing the situation closely.”
Boeing is under scrutiny after a mid-air cabin explosion in January.
Other recent problems include an engine cowling falling off during takeoff in the US last month.
Two crashes involving its jets in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people.
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