In Scotland had fallen from the sky a huge piece of ice

Residents of the Scottish village of Busby, which is located in East Renfrewshire, was in shock after the morning of 26 September 2017 in their garden fell a huge chunk of ice, forming in this massive crater.

During Breakfast the family Halliwell heard a whistle and then a loud explosion, which shook the walls. Looking out the window, they found on the lawn behind the house a deep hole with a diameter of about five feet, with white stones scattered on the grass.

"I was sitting at the table, heard the explosion and felt the house shaking - said Eleanor Stephen, a friend of the hostess. – When I went down and touched the white pieces, then realized it was ice."

41-year-old Lindsay Helliwell, who lives in the house with 51-year-old husband Ross and two daughters, 9-year-old Eliza and 13-year-old Nualas, said thrilled that the garden was empty.

"If it was Saturday or Sunday, the children could play football, or my oldest daughter would play with our dog Harper," added Lindsay, who after the incident asked for clarification to meteorologists.

Experts have suggested that the ice could fall with the passing of the aircraft. The ice crust that formed at high altitudes on the body of the plane is destroyed when he descends into warmer layers of air.

However, such events are very rare. In comparison with the number of flights in the airspace of the UK, about 2.5 million a year, the civil aviation authority said only 25 cases of falling ice.

Scientists around the world continue to explore this phenomenon, as reports of falling chunks of ice appeared before the invention of airplanes.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»