Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan
Fear of Landing
AUGUST 2, 2024
I’ve never seen a tail strike quite so… prolonged. 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 nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms.
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