EK407 Tailstrike @ ML
G'day all...
Haven't seen anyone (or the media) report this one yet so thought I'd pipe up. This evening on departure from Melbourne, EK407 (a345) experienced a tailstrike. It proceeded to dump fuel before the cabin begun to fill with smoke, at which point a full emergency was called and the flight came back in to 16 for an overweight landing. The landing was hard and long and caused severe damage to the undercarriage (although the aircraft was still able to taxi to stand). All onboard were ok.
I'd imagine the aircraft will be sitting somewhere at ML for a while now...
-Final