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| RAF Tornado jet overshoots runway | RAF Tornado jet overshoots runway |
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| An RAF jet has crash landed at Newcastle Airport after apparently colliding with a bird. | |
| The Tornado, from RAF Marham in Norfolk, was diverted to the airport, where it landed at about 1700 BST and overshot the end of the runway. | |
| An MoD spokesman said the crew are not thought to have been injured, but they were awaiting further details. | An MoD spokesman said the crew are not thought to have been injured, but they were awaiting further details. |
| The airport's only runway is currently closed and flights are being diverted to Birmingham and Manchester. | |
| One eyewitness, who had just arrived at the airport from Heathrow, described seeing "all hell break loose" as emergency vehicles raced to the scene. | |
| He said the jet came to rest on grass at the end of the runway and did not appear to be seriously damaged. |