{"id":270500,"date":"2026-04-16T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270500\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:58:10","slug":"a-giant-chunk-of-ice-crashed-through-the-roof-of-california-home-and-landed-on-the-couch-the-faa-is-investigating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270500\/","title":{"rendered":"A giant chunk of ice crashed through the roof of California home and landed on the couch. The FAA is investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"

A giant chunk of ice has crashed through the roof of a California<\/a> home and landed on the tenant\u2019s couch, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> to investigate.<\/p>\n

Yuder Grau of Whittier heard what sounded like an explosion in his living room last Friday morning, according to a press release <\/a>issued by Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe found that a large block of what appeared to be dirty ice had crashed through the ceiling and into the living room, landing on the couch,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n

The homeowner, Thania Maga\u00f1a, explained how the chunk of ice smashed into pieces after tearing a big hole in the roof.<\/p>\n

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A giant chunk of ice has crashed through the roof of a California home and landed on the tenant\u2019s couch, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate (Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn)<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it came through here and it shattered, but there was a big piece right on the couch and then one on the table. And a couple of pieces here,\u201d she told NBC Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While no one was injured in the incident, which happened at around 11:15 a.m. local time, Hahn was concerned about what she called a \u201cserious public safety\u201d threat and urged the FAA to open an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n

Maga\u00f1a said that flight data showed a plane was passing over the neighborhood when the ice block crashed into the house, according to the press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether the material originated from aircraft systems, waste leakage, or another source, this event raises important concerns about aviation safety over densely populated communities in Los Angeles County,\u201d Hahn wrote in a letter<\/a> to the FAA.<\/p>\n

The FAA confirmed to The Independent that it is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

\"While<\/p>\n

While no one was injured in the incident, which happened last Friday morning, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn was concerned about what she called a \u2018serious public safety\u2019 threat and urged the FAA to open an investigation into the matter (Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are lucky that Yuder was not in his living room when this block of ice crashed through his ceiling,\u201d Hahn said in the press release.<\/p>\n

Maga\u00f1a told NBC Los Angeles that her tenant was on the couch minutes before the ice ripped through the roof, but had decided to take a nap in his bedroom instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep replaying it and just thinking of the what if,\u201d the homeowner said. \u201cThe first thing that comes to mind is that he probably wouldn\u2019t be here with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maga\u00f1a said the ice had a bad odor and was concerned about the potential health risks it could pose.<\/p>\n

The home is reportedly located under the Los Angeles International Airport landing approach.<\/p>\n

“We definitely want to know what it consists of and if it’s going to affect our health. Secondly, we understand if it is an airplane or something of the fact, that we understand why it happens, because even right now as we’re speaking, there’s a plane over us and it’s scary,” she told ABC 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A giant chunk of ice has crashed through the roof of a California home and landed on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,14284,117562,5948,137,66784],"class_list":["post-270500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-federal-aviation-administration","tag-ice-block","tag-janice-hahn","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-nbc-los-angeles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}