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Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan

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I’ve never seen a tail strike quite so… prolonged. The CCTV surveillance footage captured the aircraft attempting to take off from runway 35L. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. Screenshot courtesy of Flightradar24.com

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

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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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