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Update: Emirates Airbus Tailstrike in Melbourne

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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