Can someone confirm if the compulsory D-check was required prior to the china 747 incident? I'm intrigued as this is suspiciosly looking like it may be a bulk head failure - surely the D-check last year would of picked this up if it was fatigue or botched repair?
Being a A321 with its long backside, these seem prone to tail strikes more than any other in the family (19,20)
I imagine investigators have already checked the run way to ensure this bird didnt scrape its backside on its way in or out of its routes today? Having read about the Qatar flight which carried on after a T/S and taking out all the lights recently, if it does turn out they hit in this A321, it shows you how fortunate the Qatar guys were.