Close escape for mother-of-two whose caravan roof is smashed by shard of frozen human waste dropped by passenger jet
- Caroline Guy heard an 'explosion' fearing that her home was being burgled
- Discovered an 18-inch hole in the vehicle's roof and floor with ice scattered
- Civil Aviation Authority said ice was probably the result of a 'leak'
- Miss Guy demanded that somebody takes liability as she 'could have died'
- Five cases of people being hit by waste from plane toilets in last 40 years
By Mario Ledwith
PUBLISHED: 14:39 GMT, 4 March 2013 | UPDATED: 08:00 GMT, 5 March 2013
A caravan was left with huge holes in its roof and floor when a shard of frozen human waste plunged through the vehicle after falling from a passing plane.
The huge icicle crashed through restaurant owner Caroline Guy's static caravan leaving an 18-inch hole.
Miss Guy, 52, was woken up by what she thought was an 'explosion' on Saturday morning, initially thinking she was being burgled.
The mother-of-two investigated her home but could not find anything suspicious until later that day when she went to clean the static caravan which is positioned on her land.
It was then that she discovered the hole in the caravan's roof, as well as another similar hole in its floor.
Miss Guy found smashed ice all over the inside of the caravan and a massive lump on the ground underneath, which she has now kept in her freezer.
The frozen block of ice had fallen from the sky and smashed through the caravan above the bathroom, ripping lights off the ceiling and a mirror from the wall.
Miss Guy, from Pattingham, Staffordshire, was in the process of trying to sell the caravan for £5,000 but she says it is now worthless.
A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority admitted that the ice was probably the result of a 'leak' from a plane - and possibly from the lavatories.
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