Witnesses Say Corpse 'Fell From the Sky'

ByABC News
August 8, 2001, 7:05 AM

I S L A N D  P A R K, N.Y., Aug. 8 -- Nassau County police areinvestigating if a body found in Island Park fell from an airplane.Witnesses told police the body fell from the sky.

Police say the male body apparently fell from a plane headed toJohn F. Kennedy airport in Queens. It was found around 6:30 p.m. Island Park is in the flight path of many planes going to andfrom the airport. A body found in Long Beach last February was determined to havefallen from an airplane flying overhead. Police believe that theperson had been hiding in the plane's landing gear compartment andfell when the wheels were deployed.