A question for you Tonka guys; why did he over-run the runway when he's got fairly powerful reverse thrust ?
I notice he ended up to one side, which I'd like to think was airmanship...
I can very well appreciate that a big whole in the front quarter side canopy is nothing minor, I've been half out of a/c for filming ( with harness ) at 150kts, so I do know the incredible forces involved even at that speed & distraction / visibilty under the visor & maybe some instruments out possibilities.
Or after the birdstrike was reverse thrust deliberately not selected, possibly even flaps etc too, as there may have been asymetric damage ?
I find the mention somewhere above about a possible collision rather unlikely, as it would have been difficult / a very rare spot-on hit not to have bent some of the metal around the canopy too ( though one could say the same - apart from the alloy arch - about the position of the bird strike ) ?!
Good news is they walked away - bad news, to Newcastle.