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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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Post-accident assessment of the aircraft revealed substantial damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) firewall bulkhead, resulting from the aircrafts aft fuselages contact with the runway surface. The tail of the aircraft struck the ground and impacted a fence before it got airborne. It has since been repaired and returned to service.

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