In an interview, a Singapore Airlines spokesman advised that the over-rotation on take off resulted in a tail strike, and this triggered an "APU fire warning".
As a result of this the crew dumped fuel, and returned to Auckland and landed.
Because the aircraft was so heavy, it had a "heavy landing" which the passengers would have been aware of.
The aircraft was to be checked for the orginal tail strike, and the subsequent heavy landing.
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