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Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan

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The eleven-year-old Boeing 777-300ER, owned by Latam Airlines and registered in Brazil as PT-MUG, was operating flight LA8073 from Milan to São Paulo, Brazil. The CCTV surveillance footage captured the aircraft attempting to take off from runway 35L. com They then made an emergency landing at Milan on runway 35R.

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Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

On the 9th of July 2024, flight LA8073, operated by the Chilean airline LATAM, departed from Milano Malpensa for a passenger flight to São Paulo, Brazil. The runway came out worst, with a 720-metre scrape, about 2,350 feet, two metres left of the centre line. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight.

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