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Old Jan 20, 2016 | 5:44 am
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Originally Posted by MichelleUK1
I was on the plane and the impact could not be felt on board, we were within 2 feet of stopping anyway. I happened to be looking out that side and saw the bridge shake which I thought was odd, and only saw the engine was touching the bridge a couple of seconds later. to me it was clear the bridge was stationary and not in the right place - we stopped exactly where you would expect and just hit the bridge. There would have been no chance that the pilot could have spotted it.

I doubt major engine damage as you could not hear or feel the incident on the plane - makes me think the engine might have been off already (as I mentioned, we were only a second away from stopping on the mark when it happened).

[Matt - Michelle's other half]
Thanks for the first hand report.

So yeah, hopefully just a cowling and news being news trying to make more story than there is.
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