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What: Asiana Airbus A321-231
Where: RJBB, Osaka
When: October 28, 2009
Who: 147 on board
Why: On touchdown, after the plane’s tail struck the runway, the pilot performed a go-round. On the second pass, the plane landed safely.
What: Rossiya Airbus A320-200 en route from Hurghada Egypt to Saint Petersburg Russia
Where: Saint Petersburg
When: Jul 7th 2009
Who: 176 passengers 6 crew
Why: On landing, the airbus had a tail strike, which disabled the plane. Substantial damage occurred to the tail. Russian press released that there were no injuries. The plane was taken out of service for repairs.
What: Northwest Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Minneapolis, MN to Denver, CO
Where: Denver
When: May 4th 2009
Why: Resulting in (or from) 3.3G acceleration, the Airbus tail struck the ground. Damage was substantial/
George’s Point of View
What?? Was the pilot in training??
The new headline is Emirates pilots resign. They “submitted their resignations.”
George’s Point of View
Curious to see why?
No matter what the pilots did or didn’t do, the tail should not scrape the run way on take off.
Good thing it didn’t catch fire and blow up.
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What: An Emirates Airlines Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG en route from Melbourne,VI Australia to Dubai United Arab Emirates
Where: Melbourne Australia
When: Mar 20th 2009 at 11:30
Who: 225 on board (255 passengers?)
Why: The plane suffered a tail strike on takeoff from Melbourne’s runway 16, climbed and dumped fuel, and when smoke filled the cabin, landed on Melbourne’s runway 34. Damage included some runway lights, damage to the tail skin and access panels.
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What: An Emirates Airlines Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG en route from Melbourne,VI Australia to Dubai United Arab Emirates
Where: Melbourne Australia
When: Mar 20th 2009 at 11:30
Who: 225 on board
Why: The plane suffered a tail strike on takeoff from Melbourne’s runway 16, climbed and dumped fuel, and when smoke filled the cabin, landed on Melbourne’s runway 34. Damage included some runway lights, damage to the tail skin and access panels.