Originally Posted by
5star
In some aircrafts it's a land asap Eg o the old 772 it wasn't always a return back. On the longer variants it was....
No idea about 340....
The QRH for the 772 says:
"Plan to land at the nearest suitable airport" for both annunciated (ie displayed on EICAS) and unannunciated tailstrikes.
The A330 QRH says: "LAND ASAP" in the event of a tailstrike. I can't imagine the A340 being any different.