[meteorite-list] Flaming Meteorite Causes Heat Attack Death In India

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:30:29 2004
Message-ID: <200309301535.IAA08450_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=143&art_id=vn20030930062350766C261065&set_id=1

Flaming falling meteorite causes panic
Cape Times (South Africa)
September 30, 2003

Bhubaneswar, India - Geologists travelled on Monday to India's eastern coast
to hunt for the debris of a meteorite that crashed to Earth, injuring 11
people and leading to an elderly man's death, officials said.

A team arrived in Mayurbhanj village in the state of Orissa to examine a 6kg
"stone-like object" recovered in a rice paddy field, a scientist from
Geological Survey said.

The massive ball of fire panicked hundreds in Orissa, home to India's main
missile testing range.

The debris fell on two houses in Mayurbhanj, slightly injuring three people,
said a district official.

Sukdev Singh, a 70-year-old man panicked by the meteorite, died in hospital
on Sunday from a heart attack. Eight others also received treatment for
temporary blindness or for losing consciousness after seeing the spectacle.
Received on Tue 30 Sep 2003 11:35:33 AM PDT