George Widman, Associated Press Ed Meyers displays the ice that plunged into his bedroom as a workman patches the hole in the roof. Click photo for larger image

WOODLYN, Pa. -- A chunk of ice believed to have come from a passing airliner fell through the roof of a suburban Philadelphia home Wednesday, but no one was seriously injured.

	Ed Meyers Ed Meyers made this picture of the damage to his bedroom shortly after the ice crashed into the house Wednesday evening. Click photo for larger image.

The chunk, about the size of a bowling ball, crashed through the roof of the house just a few feet from Penny Meyers and her 4-year-old daughter around 8 p.m. Wednesday. They suffered some scrapes and bruises, but neither was seriously hurt.

Mrs. Meyers' husband, Ed, said the ice smashed through the ceiling about four feet from his wife and daughter as they walked into the room.

"It came down right in front of them," he said. "If it happened two seconds later we'd be in a different part of the paper."

Ed Meyers said the chunk of ice put a 4 1/2-foot-by-3-foot hole in the bedroom ceiling and shattered into smaller pieces on impact.

"It was just this huge thud that reverberated through the house," he said. "My wife just came screaming down the stairs."

The couple thinks the ice came from a plane flying thousands of feet above their home, which is not far from Philadelphia International Airport.

The couple put a temporary patch on the roof and their insurance company is scheduled to inspect the damage tomorrow. The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.