Air Traffic Control Tail V Speed 
Fear of Landing
AUGUST 2, 2024
I’ve never seen a tail strike quite so… prolonged. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. As they were already at take-off speed and with most of the runway behind them, the crew continued in hopes of getting the aircraft into the air.
Fear of Landing
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
There are a number of tail strike incidents caused by the take-off weight being logged as lower than it actually was. The description of the event clearly represents what was understood at the time: During the takeoff from RWY35L, the aircraft suffered a tail strike after the rotation. The key take-off speeds are V 1 , V 2 and V R.
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