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Residents fears after tiles fall Plane probe over house roof smash
(about 13 hours later)
Residents living near the George Best Belfast City Airport say they fear that damage caused to a house was caused by a low-flying aircraft. An investigation is under way after people living near George Best Belfast City Airport claimed a low-flying jet smashed roof tiles on a house.
Katrin Irvine was on the telephone in her house at Parkgate Crescent when she heard a bang just after 1300 BST. Katrin Irvine who lives at Parkgate Crescent directly beneath the flight path said she heard a "big bang" at about 1300 BST on Sunday.
She said tiles from her roof had come off and landed in several gardens. She said that her neighbours told her that a plane had just passed overhead. About 30 tiles had come off her roof and landed in several gardens, she said.
A spokesman for the airport said that they would investigate the report.A spokesman for the airport said that they would investigate the report.
"All aircraft approaching the airfield do so in accordance with strict Civil Aviation Authority regulations," a spokesman said."All aircraft approaching the airfield do so in accordance with strict Civil Aviation Authority regulations," a spokesman said.
Mrs Irvine said that it was lucky her six-year-old daughter Caitlin had been playing in someone else's garden when the tiles came down. Mrs Irvine said that it was lucky her six-year-old daughter Caitlin had been playing in someone else's garden when the roof slates fell.
"I looked out the back and thought the kids might have broken something in the backyard and didn't see anything then I came out and saw all my neighbours running out of their houses and looking at my house," she said. "I looked out the back and thought the kids might have broken something in the back yard... then I came out and saw all my neighbours running out of their houses and looking at my house," she said.
"Then I noticed that loads of tiles had come off my roof and landed across three gardens."Then I noticed that loads of tiles had come off my roof and landed across three gardens.
"Some of the neighbours told me a plane had come over and it looked like some kind of backdraft had taken off part of my roof.""Some of the neighbours told me a plane had come over and it looked like some kind of backdraft had taken off part of my roof."