Lift 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. This transition of lifting off is called rotation. 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.
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