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...
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Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by tailstrikes)
failure was caused by a faulty repair by Boeing technicians following a tailstrike incident seven years earlier. When the faulty repair eventually failed...
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Emirates Flight 407 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by tailstrikes)
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...
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China Airlines Flight 611 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by tailstrikes)
fatigue cracking caused by inadequate maintenance after a much earlier tailstrike incident. On 7 February 1980, the aircraft was flying from Stockholm Arlanda...
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while operating Middle East Airlines Flight 304, the aircraft suffered a tailstrike while landing in Cairo, Egypt. Neither the crew nor the passengers were...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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involved in a tailstrike at Anchorage International Airport. Permanent repairs were made from the Anchorage incident within days of the tailstrike, and permanent...
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