Jet Airways B738 at Dhaka on Jan 22nd 2017, tail strike on landing
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Jet Airways B738 at Dhaka on Jan 22nd 2017, tail strike on landing
A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800, registration VT-JTD performing flight 9W-276 from Mumbai (India) to Dhaka (Bangladesh) with 160 passengers and 8 crew, landed on Dhaka's runway 14 at about 11:55L (05:55Z) but struck its tail onto the runway surface.
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I've got a couple of thousand of hours in the -800. The 500 and 700 are fantastic. The 800 is long and it can pitch up on touchdown when the spoilers dump, especially with the SFP kit and an aft cg. Trying to make a "greaser" doesn't help either.