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The Daily Mail like to sensationalize every story but the facts as we are told are that the birdstrike happened immediately after lift off causing a large piece of spinner to break off. The propellor which would have been at take off power would almost certainly have had some damage - there was increased vibration noted and was there any other damage to the elevator perhaps, engine ingested debris, wing L/E damage? - At the time nobody knew only engineers on the ground could have assessed it. I would have thought that the flight should have been diverted for a full assessment of the damage to be carried out and repairs made, at the first suitable airfield which I find hard to believe was Birmingham .
The bump in Guernseys runway was removed during runway resurfacing works a few years ago.