Vortex strikes see hundreds of houses near Birmingham Airport re-roofed
17.09.09
Hundreds of houses near Birmingham Airport have been re-roofed in the last six years due to freak vortex winds produced by landing aircraft, the Mail reports. The majority of strikes have occurred around the Kitts Green area, affecting roads lying at the end of the runway, directly under the flight path.
Vortex strikes are unpredictable. Ben Hanley, working for the Environment Team at Birmingham Airport told the newspaper: ‘Locating risk areas is very difficult, it can be the case that one side of the street has strikes and the other hasn’t, it is very difficult to predict.’
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