Dropped PB (60cms carpeted wood floor) and now no Airport card recognised

Hubby just dropped his 12 PB by tripping over the cable and janking it off the arm of the sofa (yeah- I know- I could murder him!) onto a double carpeted (rug over fitted carpet) wood floor but it went off.
Took a while to restart and first time round with me trying it made that horrid piiiiiinnnnggg sound.
Started up and checked out OK. S.M.A.R.T. verified.
Ran repair permissions just for good measure and we noted that the Airport was not controllable. Tried to run Set Up Assistant but no airport hardware found. Ran Hardware Test.
Basically the Airport card is now "not found" according to the second, and extended, Hardware Test.
What do I do now?

BIG hug.
Yep- that sure did it. I didn't appreciate just how accessible the airport card was.
When I opened the little side flap the antenna was pressed against it. Pulled it all out and then thought what the hey- just pushed a wee bit harder and it went in another centimetre! So- thank you very much.
Let this be a caution to everyone- armrests of chesterfields are NOT good places to park expensive computers. If your Airport card cannot be found just take off the battery and check under the wee flap- the Airport card should NOT show- it ought to be under the casing with only the antenna showing.

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