Emirates tail strike at MEL

[mirrodie]

Heard that Emirates had a tail strike, took off and landed after dumping fuel over MEL.

Good times!

[PhilDernerJr]

Common occurence honestly. dumping and returning is just part of the procedure.

[mirrodie]

True but from what I read, a lot of structural damage.

This isn't just your garden variety "the dog's got constipation and dragging his butt on the ground" tailstrike from what I gather. :mrgreen:

[PhilDernerJr]

Pics or GTFO. haha

[PhilDernerJr]

I'm reading that the plane has a tough time taking off and took out the localizer and lights at the end of the runway.

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6541788,00.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1558/a6erg2.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6858/a6erg.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1420/a6erg3.jpg

[Matt Molnar]

Those holes will buff right out, no prob. :borat:

[mirrodie]

"the dog's got constipation and dragging his butt on the ground"


Looking at the above photos, which I am seeing for the first time, I must say that my analogy was spot on!

[MarkLawrence]

Hit runway lights as well??...must have been a really long roll!