A JetBlue flight headed to Fort Lauderdale from Newark Airport returned to Newark after part of an engine cover fell off. According to MyFoxNY, "Runway 22 Right was shut down at about 6 a.m...several emergency vehicles trailed the plane." Apparently the air traffic controller and pilot discussed the debris fall, and the engine cover could be seen on the tarmac.There were no injuries and the passengers were transferred to another flight. more ›

These aerial photos of billowing smoke, collapsing buildings and scattering debris were released recently for the first time. They're from the archives of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, originally collected as part of the investigation of the 9/11 attacks. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, ABC received nine burned CDs containing 2,779 pictures; many had been taken from police helicopters and had never before been seen by the public. Twelve, including the ones shown here, are posted to its website. more ›

Today's windy weather has blown debris from an unfinished Frank Gehry skyscraper in Lower Manhattan. Materials started falling from the 76-story Beekman Tower this morning, causing police to close off the "area between Gold Street, Ann Street and Park Row" to cars and pedestrians. The NotifyNYC service sent out an initial warning at 8:05 am urging New Yorkers to "[a]void the area near Spruce Street between Williams Street and Park Row," then followed up with another message at 10:04 am noting that "[d]ebris is falling because of the high winds." more ›

In a U.S. Court of Appeals hearing, families of victims killed during the September 11, 2001 attacks at the World Trade Center argued that 1.6 million tons of debris at Staten Island landfill be removed, sifted and then prepared for proper burial because it may contain victims' remains. In the other corner is the city, which argued, "These ashes are undifferentiated dirt." more ›

Just last week glass fell from the Bank of America building at 6th Avenue and 42nd Street, and about a block away at 2:15 p.m. today the same thing has occurred. From the building where the annual New Year's Eve ball drop takes place, 1 Times Square, it's being reported that "A WINDOW HAS FALLEN FROM A 10TH FLOOR WINDOW. GLASS IS ALL OVER THE ROADWAY AND A LARGE CHUNK OF GLASS IS STILL ON THE BLDG READY TO FALL." Officers are currently on hand clearing away traffic and pedestrians, and as of 3 p.m. the Emergency Service Unit was in the building trying to get the remaining glass. They have warned "GLASS MAY COME DOWN DUE TO THEM BREAKING THRU THE WALL." It's not a very good day for Times Square, earlier a cab crashed into some pedestrians. more ›

Donald Trump's Soho skyscraper was hit with another stop-work order after a "hoisting device broke free and shattered glass on three floors due to high winds Saturday night." more ›

Times health writer Tara Parker-Pope got some unexpected thrills during last night’s performance of Gypsy, which stars Patti Lupone at Broadway’s St. James Theater:

Toward the end of the show, as Ms. LuPone’s Mama Rose was about to launch into her show-stopping number, there was a crash in the balcony. A huge metal plate, about 30 inches in diameter and used to cover a diffuser, came crashing down from the ceiling. It hit a young woman in the head and ricocheted into the back of my friend’s neck before rolling into my seat.

A three pound rock that fell from a truck flew through a car windshield, killing the front passenger in Old Brookville. Seventy-five-year-old Rita Oill was pronounced dead at North Shore University Hospital an hour after the 10:15AM incident. She and her daughter Marie Waters were out to do some Thanksgiving shopping. The truck's driver did not stop. Newsday reports that the rock was "about five inches in circumference and about two inches in diameter" and... more ›