What: TUIFly Boeing 737-800 en route from Tenerife Sur Reina Sofia, Spain to Frankfurt Germany
Where: Tenerife
When: Mar 27th 2011
Why: On the runway, the Boeing and struck its tail and rejected takeoff. There was substantial damage to the plane. Passengers disembarked after the pilot told them there was a fault in the instruments. We can only speculate: There is some disagreement whether this was due to instrumentation, poorly balanced load or human error.
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