Simple Flying

JULY 24, 2024

A LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER suffered a significant tail strike incident at Milans largest airport on July 9th with a video of the incident showing the aircraft scraping the tail against the surface of the runway for a significant distance as it attempted to climb out of its departure airport.

Tail 119

Tail Runway Airlines Airline 119

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to LaFayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350. The pictures of the damage to the CRJ-900 are kind of wild.

Tail 114

Tail Jet Air Traffic Control Clearance 114

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III based out of South Carolinas Joint Base Charleston lost part of its tail. Luckily for all involved, the tail cone also known as the aft radome landed in a parking lot without causing harm.

Tail 122

Tail 122

Aerotime

JULY 11, 2024

Having taken off from Milan’s runway 35L at 13:26 local time, the aircraft’s tail made contact with the runway surface as the aircraft rotated. Images posted on social media show the aircraft climbing out leaving a large cloud of dust behind it where the underside of the tail struck the runway surface.

Tail 328

Tail UTC Runway Airline 328

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

During its 50-year history, the United Kingdom national flag carrier British Airways has had three liveries: Negus, Landor, Utopia, and World Tails and World Image tailfins.

Tail 100

Tail 100

Aerotime

JANUARY 13, 2025

One of the findings said that seizure of the tail rotor duplex bearing initiated a sequence of failures in the tail rotor pitch control mechanism, which culminated in the unrecoverable loss of control of the tail rotor blade pitch angle and the blades moving to their physical limit of travel.

Tail 260

Tail Pilot Jet 260

Simple Flying

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On October 21, a China Southern Airlines Boeing 787-9 , flight CZ3534 from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), encountered a tail strike incident upon landing.

Tail 107

Tail Airline Airlines 107

Simple Flying

AUGUST 12, 2024

Whenever you see aircraft being built, you might have noticed that their tails are fully painted in the future owners’ livery. Why is this the case?

Tail 98

Tail 98

Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The wingtip of one of the carrier’s A320neos was damaged in the incident while the other aircraft, an Airbus A319, saw impact damage to its tail cone structure. The collision reportedly occurred when the wingtip of the Airbus A320neo struck the tail of the A319 as the aircraft taxied past.

Tail 306

Tail Air Traffic Control Airplanes Airline 306

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The major American ultra-low fare airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has made waves in the aviation industry with its distinctive and eye-catching airplane tail designs. 2024 marks the 30th year anniversary of Frontier Airlines and its iconic animal-themed era.

Tail 105

Tail Airline Airlines Airplanes 105

Simple Flying

MAY 18, 2024

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on a United Airlines tail strike in January. The accident occurred after a Boeing 737, which has yet to return to service more than four months on, made multiple touchdowns during a hard landing in Houston.

Tail 111

Tail Airline Airlines 111

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 1, 2024

An avianca Ecuador A320 suffered a tail strike while landing in Bogotá last week and would go on to perform three more flights before damage to the plane's water drain mast was discovered the next day.

Tail 105

Tail 105

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each. Last week’s tragedy in Tennessee drew particularly wide interest for two reasons.

Tail 105

Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 105

Simple Flying

JULY 12, 2024

A LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER suffered a significant tail strike incident in Milan, Italy, with a video of the incident showing the aircraft scraping the tail against the surface of the runway as it attempted to climb out of its departure airport.

Tail 91

Tail Runway Airlines Airline 91

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As the former owner of a vintage V-tail Bonanza, I always pay attention when one of them crashes. Both invoke traditional assumptions about V-tails, and even vintage Bonanza lovers like me acknowledge there is at least a grain or two of truth in each. Last week’s tragedy in Tennessee drew particularly wide interest for two reasons.

Tail 98

Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 98

Aerotime

JANUARY 10, 2025

The aircrafts tail was painted with the Eiffel Tower and I love Paris was emblazoned on the nose. The PIA Boeing 777-200ER, registered AP-BGK, left Pakistan on January 10, 2025, just after midday and is due to arrive at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) 16:23, local time.

Lift 299

Lift Tail Airlines Airline 299

Aerotime

JANUARY 8, 2025

The design features retro branding by Dutch designer Thijs Postma, creator of the green color design and large black T on the new aircrafts body and tail. While at the same time looking ahead to a quieter future thanks to our fleet renewal. The new Transavias branding style will be featured on the new Airbus A321neo.

Tail 290

Tail Airline Airlines 290

Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

The national forensic team, firefighting agency, and police concluded their final search around the tail section of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 on January 4, 2025, late in the evening. The aircraft exploded after colliding with an embankment. 179 of the 181 people on board lost their lives.

Runway 279

Runway Tail 279

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

On Tuesday, October 29, an arriving Airbus A300-600F operating from Ontario to Louisville encountered a tail strike as it touched down on runway 17R. The aircraft was able to roll on without further incident and has remained grounded since.

Tail 78

Tail Runway 78

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

RELATED J-35, stealth drones and Sci-Fi fighters: China prepares for Zhuhai 2022 Chinas new heavy stealth fighter First to break cover was the larger warplane, with images appearing to show three engines and a diamond-shaped wing with no vertical tails. Three it is.

Jet 279

Jet Tail Cockpit 279

Simple Flying

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster is a large military transport aircraft designed and developed by McDonnell Douglas in the 1980s. The aircraft was specifically developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) to carry out strategic military transport missions.

Tail 110

Tail 110

Aerotime

JUNE 25, 2024

PH-AXA) inside the Airbus facility, which showed the KLM emblem on the tail. These images were also shared on social media. El primer Airbus A321NEO de la compañía KLM ha sido filtrado en esta foto desde el interior de la FAL de Hamburgo.

Tail 317

Tail Airline Airlines 317

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The lightning strike damaged the aircraft's windshield, frame, and tail, and it remains on the ground in Cleveland following Thursday's accident. A United Airlines flight attendant was injured after lightning struck one of the airline's Boeing 737s near Cleveland, Ohio.

Tail 81

Tail Airline Airlines 81

Aerotime

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The aircraft’s tail number (#N933AK) is also an homage to Seattle’s 93.3 The airline is an official sponsor of the Seattle Kraken ice hockey team, and the latest livery on the B737 MAX9 features the team logo and coordinates of Climate Pledge Arena. KJR FM, the city’s local sports leader radio station and the home of the Kraken.

Tail 290

Tail Airline Airlines 290

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

AviationWG / X Photos posted on X show the three aircraft with wings, tails, and horizontal stabilizers removed with cranes being used to lift the carcasses of the aircraft onto the trailers for their ignominious final journeys.

Horizontal Stabilizer 325

Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Lift Tail 325

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And in March 2024, the completed plane was photographed with just its tail painted in the Emirates colors. The new Emirates Airbus A350-900 was seen publicly for the first time emblazoned with full fuselage colors in April 2024, and in January 2024, the fuselage of the same aircraft was spotted in parts during the production process.

Ferry Flight 279

Ferry Flight Airline Airlines Tail 279

Aerotime

MAY 8, 2024

While it is the first time a new Emirates Airbus A350 has been seen publicly it is not the first time that A6EXA has been spotted during its manufacturing journey.

Tail 279

Tail Jet Airline Airlines 279

Aerotime

DECEMBER 28, 2024

BREAKING: Crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 in South Korea caught on video pic.twitter.com/r49Wz6OMfh — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) December 29, 2024 Immediate responders concentrated on extinguishing aircraft fire, while others managed to pull two survivors from the tail of the planea passenger and a cabin crew.

Cabin Crew 299

Cabin Crew Runway Tail Approach 299

Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 was taxiing out of the gate at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) when its wing struck a CRJ-900 regional jet aircraft. The smaller plane, owned by regional subcontractor Endeavor Air, was operating a Delta Connection flight when the incident occurred.

Tail 113

Tail Jet 113

Aerotime

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The move marks another step forward for the Qantas Group’s fleet renewal program, and sees the aircraft’s major airframe components, including the forward and rear fuselage, wings and iconic Flying Kangaroo tail, coming together.

Flight Deck 279

Flight Deck Tail Pilot Airline 279

Aerotime

MAY 29, 2024

Malaysia Airlines “With the main fuselage sections, wings, and tail adorned with the airline’s iconic wau logo fully attached, the aircraft will undergo installation of the cockpit, engines, landing gear, electrical wiring, avionics, and fuel and hydraulic systems,” Malaysia Airlines wrote on social media on May 29, 2024.

Airline 279

Airline Airlines Tail Cockpit 279

Simple Flying

JUNE 29, 2024

What happens when aerospace engineers think outside the box? Odd-looking aircraft designs that seek to shift performance paradigms often appear. The Jetcruzer 450 is such an aircrafta design from the past with a chance to be new again. This single-engine pusher aircraft, originally developed by Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures Inc.

Tail 119

Tail 119

Aerotime

JULY 30, 2024

While starting a right turn to Hotel 12 for takeoff, the aircraft’s wing collided with the A320’s tail in front. “We can get in there,” the Delta 2046 pilot said. The B737 did not have enough space to turn behind the A320. After the collision, both aircraft returned to the terminal.

Air Traffic Control 299

Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Tail 299

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Tail strikes can cause significant damage to aircraft and, sometimes, can even be catastrophic. According to Boeing , there are two major ways to prevent tail strikes.

Tail 109

Tail Airlines Airline 109

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed.

Runway 306

Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 306

Aerotime

JUNE 3, 2024

According to flight tracking data company FlightAware, the registered owner of the helicopter tail number N220EC is Bradenton-based landscaping company CC Landscaping Warehouse Plus. Based on records from the Florida Division of Corporations, Cordero is listed as the owner for the company.

Pilot 264

Pilot Tail 264

Simple Flying

JANUARY 5, 2025

The 717s have played a vital role in Australian aviation for over twenty years, but sadly the day has come when this reliable little T-tail will no longer grace Australias skies.

Tail 130

Tail Airlines Airline 130