Originally Posted by
A_Van
In the following bulletin it is said that the tail strike happened to this particular A-321 on Nov. 16, 2001 in Cairo was "hard, causing serious damage"
Would be interesting to learn the details of the repair and further maintenance/check. At that time it was Middle East Airlines that operated this aircraft.
The aircraft reportedly went back into service in mid-February 2002, some 3 months later. So even allowing for a bit of initial argy-bargying over the repair scheme and the admin, it sounds like some fairly extensive work needed to be done.