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23.09.2023 - 14:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman was left gobsmacked after a block of ice 'fell from a landing plane' causing £12,000 of a damage to her roof.
Dr Carla George was on a work call at her home in Banbury in Oxfordshire on Tuesday last week (September 12) when she heard a massive bang. The 45-year-old thought some boxes must have fallen in the attic at her home.
But when she went to investigate she realised she could see blue sky - and found a large block of ice on the floor. She thought there had been 'some sort of explosion'.
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Dr Carla, a field researcher in criminology who recently completed a PhD, called the fire brigade. She said a firefighter told her it was likely caused by ice falling from a plane on its way into Heathrow.
She has been quoted £12,000 to fix the roof, which will be covered by her home insurance. Dr Carla, who lives alone, said: "I was working in my office room and I heard a loud bang.
"It's used as a storage room and I thought it was boxes but I saw the door open and the ceiling completely apart. I went up to the attic and saw ice everywhere and I was confused where it had come from - it was like something from a movie.
"I was in shock. My neighbour rang the doorbell and said, 'Do you know there's a hole in the roof?'. It was so unusual.
"I thought it was some sort of explosion when I got up there."
Despite being told that the most probable cause of the damage was falling debris from a plane, Dr Carla says she didn't hear anything that day. She said: "We do have planes flying over but I didn't hear any that day and neither did
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