Probe after bus shelter blew into plane

An investigation has been launched after a plane was hit by a bus shelter which was blown over a fence at Edinburgh Airport, it was reported.

The parked Jet2 737 was said to have been damaged in the incident, during the gale force winds which battered the Capital yesterday.

The Met Office recorded a wind speed of 102mph in Edinburgh during the storm.

Edinburgh Airport said it was now working with Jet2 to avoid a repeat of the incident.

A spokesman for the airport said the bus shelter had been sheered in half before it was blown towards the plane, adding: “We have now launched an investigation.”