Iranian investigators have disclosed that the captain of a landing Iran Air ATR 72-600 intervened to reduce descent rate during the flare, resulting in dual control inputs, but could not avert a ...

Ukrainian investigators have disclosed that an Antonov An-124 outsize freight transporter was damaged by a tail-strike at Milan last month. The aircraft (UR-82027), a 1990 airframe, is part of the ...

Tail strike is what happens when the rear end of an aircraft fuselage hits the ground. The usual cause is when the aircraft's angle of departure is too steep, although it can also happen during ...

A stressed Jet2 copilot is to blame for a botched landing that damaged an aircraft last year, according to a new report. The plane had flown from Leeds Bradford Airport in England on its way to ...

Tail strikes: A tail strike in the aviation sector means when the tail of an airplane touches the runway during takeoff or landing. Though there are various reasons behind the tail strike, they ...

An IndiGo Airbus A321, VT-IBI, experienced a tail strike while landing in Chennai on March 8, 2025. This aircraft, which ...

Aircraft tail strikes aren’t usually anything to report about. Neither are go arounds. When a tail strike takes place during a go around, it also might not be too newsworthy - but since it was ...

Currently, there's a typo in a trending topic on Twitter, and it's doing my head in, though at least it won't be responsible for a plane tail-strike like ...

White Plains, New York-based Safe Flight Instrument Corporation has patented a system that can alert pilots and help them avoid tail strike scenarios. The “Tailstrike Warning System” relates ...

The JetBlue Airways Corp. plane, flight number 1748, experienced what is called a tail strike, where the back end of the plane contacted the runway when increasing the angle of attack before take off ...