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Emirates Flight 407 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Emirates from Auckland to Dubai with a stopover in Melbourne, operated by an Airbus A340-500 aircraft. On 20 March 2009, the flight failed to take off properly at Melbourne Airport , hitting several structures at the end of the runway before climbing and then ...
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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 with a fixed-wing aircraft with tricycle undercarriage , in both takeoff where the pilot rotates the nose up too rapidly, or in landing where the pilot raises the nose too sharply during final ...
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A British Airways plane’s tail touched the tarmac during an aborted landing at Heathrow Airport in high winds brought by Storm Corrie, footage posted by Big Jet TV on January 31 shows.The video ...
Emirates Flight 407, an Airbus A340-500, registration A6-ERG, suffers a tailstrike during its take-off run at Melbourne Airport, Australia. Although take off is achieved, the aircraft overruns the end of the runway and destroys some 200 metres (220 yd) of strobe lights on the ground.
A321 TOGA and Tail Strike!A full-on Touch and go, with a tail strike! Watch for the paint dust after contact and watch the empennage shaking as it drags. The pilot deserves a medal!
Rescuers at the crash site of Kam Air Flight 904. The tail of the plane is on the right. 19 March 1998 - An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727-228 crashes into a mountain, killing all 45 aboard. Kam Air Flight 904 crashed in the Pamir Mountains during a snow storm on 3 February 2005. All 105 people on board were killed, and the cause remains ...