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Phil Aspin, a passenger on the flight from Manchester to Gibraltar, told the moment when another plane was preparing for the departure of the plane “directly”.

“We were about to stay,” he said to the men. “They said it would be about 10 minutes, and we’re second in the queue.

“There was some kind of intersection on the runway. The best way to describe it is a V and we were just turning to the left and they were going to the right.

“[Then] There was a big Thud and the whole plane swung. My friend sitting next to the wing saw a piece flying over the window. There were many pieces of wings on the floor, then a man came and took them.

“A little surreal. The pilot was talking to us at the time, he said we would get up soon, then a little silent. Then ‘a kind of incident happened and we’ll have to evaluate’ he said.