Mr Brokenshire said a number of factors could cause a "tail hit", among them weather conditions, loading issues and handling.
"It is a hazard, particularly on the longer aircraft," he said.
Brokenshire is a spin-doctor for the ATSB. Was he confusing the -600 with its shorter brother the -500? He needs an education as the -500 is shorter that a B747 so what he means by 'the longer aircraft' is anyone's guess.
Is he also trying to introduce new terminology to the industry by referring to the incident as a 'tail hit'? In these parts we use (or maybe used to use) 'tail-strike' ot 'tail-scrape'.
Of course, one can always rely on spin doctors for accurate information that is then peddled by the media as gospel.
