A BLOCK of ice believed to have fallen off an aeroplane came crashing through a woman's roof as she slept.

Sue Singh was woken up by a loud thud when the object smashed into her house.

The noise was so loud that she first thought a car had crashed into her garage at 8am on Saturday.

But when she looked out of the window, Mrs Singh was baffled to see large lumps of ICE and broken roof tiles scattered around her driveway.

Her neighbours also had the rude awakening and went outside the house investigating on Lancaster Avenue, West Norwood.

Mrs Singh said: "We were all confused, looking up at the sky and the roof."

Baffled Mrs Singh made her way up to her attic where she found a 14-inch hole in her roof and a block of ice sitting on the floor. Three roof tiles were smashed.

Police were called to the scene, inspected the mystery object, and advised her to ring the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), saying they suspected the ice had fallen from a plane.

Mrs Singh said: "I am still stressed and shocked - I have been like that all weekend. If it had fallen on somebody, that person would have been flat on the ground."

A spokesman for the CAA confirmed Mrs Singh's report and said it was under investigation.

He said the authority would look at recordings of aircraft which were flying overhead, then write to them to check if there were any problems reported with their water systems.
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Crikey I am not suprised she is still stressed and shocked! Lucky woman, lucky that it did not fall through her bedroom or hurt anyone else. I think I will be wearing a hard hat to bed from now on, aeroplanes sometimes fly very close to my house!!