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Old 14th October 2009 | 16:16
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Rainboe
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Over rapid rotation at high gross weight could do it. For the 747 at max weight, the rear fuselage can come down to within 18'' of the runway during rotation. It only takes a bit of bizarre and rough handling at high weights to have a scrape.
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