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Plane blamed for damage to house
Monday, 14 September 2009
Residents living near a Belfast airport said a low-flying aircraft may have been to blame for damage to a house in the area.
A spokesman for George Best Belfast City Airport said it would investigate the report of damage, which was made around lunchtime yesterday.
Katrin Irvine, who lives in Parkgate Crescent, said she heard a bang just after 1pm. Tiles from her roof came off and landed in a number of her neighbours’ gardens.
Neighbours told her they had just seen a plane passing over head.
Mrs Irvine said she was relieved her six-year-old daughter was not playing in the garden at the time.
“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.
“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.”
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i was in the nearby area ,i thought the plane was going to land on my car roof.nearly crashed looking overhead for it.the noise woz frightening.
Posted by ciara oneill | 14.09.09, 21:56 GMT
Why will no one address the comparison between London City Airport and Belfast City? Why should resdents who live in the vicinity of Belfast City be treated less favourably than Londoners?
Answers please from DOE and those politicans who have been asked this question previously!
Posted by David | 14.09.09, 18:29 GMT
Sorry to be a sceptic but how come the A380 plane that did a low fly over, much larger than any planes that go in and out of the City Airport, didnt do any damage, and as only one roof was damaged might it not be a tad premature to blame the Airport. Perhaps if a row of houses were damaged it might warrant an investigation.
Posted by GB | 14.09.09, 15:09 GMT
Yes, Ed. These people should make sure that their houses are in a fit state to be flown over. They really should take more care!!!!
Posted by Fay | 14.09.09, 14:24 GMT
It's annoying to have house damage and the plane may have dislodged the slates (not tiles) but as these should be nailed down in at least two places then they should have remained intact, plane or no plane.
Posted by Ed | 14.09.09, 13:50 GMT
Is there any actual fact in this story???
I ask this because any ignorant person may put two and two together and get sixteen. Is this just a wild guess from the occupant, could this actually be caused by an aircraft??
It may however focus minds on the possible expansion of Belfast City!!!
Posted by Natasha | 14.09.09, 12:52 GMT
LOL unlikely. Air disturbed by flight remains at that altitude and descends slowly as it dissipates. In order for this to have been the fault of passing air traffic the plane would have had to have flown within 50 feet of the roof in order to exceed the force of the winds we normally experience, let alone severe weather.
If the roof is inspected and it is found to be at fault will be see the owner issue an apology to the airport? I doubt it.
And Reg 'The Veg' Empey can pipe down. Until he and his kind start doing some work and stop wasting our money on issuing damaging statements about a very important gateway to Ulster that we of the silent majority in Sydenham are keen to see expand he should just keep his pie hole shut.
Posted by Barry | 14.09.09, 11:52 GMT
I have lived in this area most of my life and have became used to the planes going over and hardly notice them now, but over the past few weeks there does seem to be bigger and more planes coming over flying a bit lower and seem to be alot louder
Posted by Maggie | 14.09.09, 07:16 GMT
Well give them the runway extention and the planes will be higher above the houses!!!
Or will a umberella group ( no names) say differnt?
Posted by victoria park resident | 14.09.09, 06:46 GMT