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| Plane probe over house roof smash | Plane probe over house roof smash |
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| 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. | 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 who lives at Parkgate Crescent directly beneath the flight path said she heard a "big bang" at about 1300 BST on Sunday. | Katrin Irvine who lives at Parkgate Crescent directly beneath the flight path said she heard a "big bang" at about 1300 BST on Sunday. |
| About 30 tiles had come off her roof and landed in several gardens, she said. | 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," he added. | |
| The Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that it had not yet received a report of the incident from either the airport or the airline but a CAA press officer said that aviation organisations are allowed four days to file such a report. | |
| 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. | 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 back yard... 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." |
| 'No expansion' | 'No expansion' |
| East Belfast assembly member Sir Reg Empey said there should be no expansion of the City Airport following the incident. | East Belfast assembly member Sir Reg Empey said there should be no expansion of the City Airport following the incident. |
| Sir Reg said someone could have been killed and the airport should not expand any further. | Sir Reg said someone could have been killed and the airport should not expand any further. |
| "I think there has to be a balance between the local residents and the airport," he said. | "I think there has to be a balance between the local residents and the airport," he said. |
| "Continued expansion, in my view, is incompatible with that balance being maintained. I do think it has got to stay more or less where it is and stop expanding." | "Continued expansion, in my view, is incompatible with that balance being maintained. I do think it has got to stay more or less where it is and stop expanding." |