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In a bizarre incident a raft dropped from a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter and smashed through the roof of a Miami house Wednesday, injuring a woman inside.

The raft, which was not inflated at the time and instead was packaged in a square bundle, punched a hole in the roof a little more than a half a metre by half a metre.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. W.A. McAllister said the incident was a close call for the woman who was sleeping in the house at the time. “Fortunately, the occupant narrowly escaped disaster and suffered minor injuries,” McAllister told journalists.

The raft “separated” from the helicopter but it is unclear what caused that to happen, according to Miami police.

The equipment was from a RCAF Griffon helicopter which had been conducting a training exercise. The aircraft was flying to an airport in Miami.

The Griffon helicopter was returning to United States Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Locka, Florida from a sortie on Exercise Southern Breeze when the incident happened, the RCAF said in a statement. “The Royal Canadian Air Force intends to support the affected resident with immediate accommodations and other support,” it added.

The incident is now under investigation by the RCAF’s Directorate of Flight Safety.

The raft in question is a six-person raft. When stowed, it is in a plastic bag, and “is approximately two feet by two feet in size, and weighs approximately 80 lbs,” according to the RCAF. The raft is stored inside the helicopter and is strapped down.