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The FBI and federal aviation officials are investigating whether a model rocket with a flaming tail shot past a cockpit window of a Continental jet that had just taken off from Houston’s airport with 148 passengers on board.
“We know that there was a sighting of an object,” FAA spokesman Roland Herwig said. “But we don’t yet know if it was a model rocket.”
The jet was flying at 4,750 feet May 26 when the rocket was reported. Flight 1544 continued safely to Cleveland.
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