In aviation, a tailstrike or tail strike occurs when the tail or empennage of an aircraft strikes the ground or other stationary object. This can happen...

failure was caused by a faulty repair by Boeing technicians following a tailstrike incident seven years earlier. When the faulty repair eventually failed...

returned to the airport at 23:36 without further incident. Despite having tailstrike protection built into the A340-500, the rear pressure bulkhead and the...

fatigue cracking caused by inadequate maintenance after a much earlier tailstrike incident. On 7 February 1980, the aircraft was flying from Stockholm Arlanda...

while operating Middle East Airlines Flight 304, the aircraft suffered a tailstrike while landing in Cairo, Egypt. Neither the crew nor the passengers were...

which the gear will be retracted. Early or over-rotation can cause a tailstrike, which can damage the underside of the tail unless prevented by a protection...

responded with a further pitch up to approximately 11°; at this time, a tailstrike occurred. The aircraft was approximately at the 8,000-foot (2,400 m) mark...

aboard were killed. On 11 August 2010, Douglas DC-8-63F YA-VIC suffered a tailstrike on take-off from Manston Airport, United Kingdom, destroying an approach...

the capacity to 188 passengers, and requiring a tail bumper to prevent tailstrikes during take-off and a strengthened wing spar. The -400s first flight...

repairs to the aircraft 22 years earlier when the aircraft encountered a tailstrike. 224: On October 31, 2015, an Airbus A321-231, Metrojet Flight 9268, crashed...