747 tail strike?
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747 tail strike?
Saw an article in one of the papers about what sounded like a tail strike. Wasn't much detail but I think it said it was in Paris recently. Well, the actual headline, in typical journo hyperbole was "aircraft shatters tail" 
Anyone have any info?
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It was probaply this one:
http://www.airliners.net/discussions....main/3141098/
There´s also one (not so good quality) picture.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions....main/3141098/
There´s also one (not so good quality) picture.
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"Shattered Tail Section"
I read the same article in The Mail. While it was pretty clear to anyone who knew or cared a jot about aviation that they were describing a tailstrike, and anyone looking at the pictures will recognise the APU access panels, this is the kind of lazy and irresponsible writing that gives punters the heeby jeebies.
Anyone who remembers the American A300 that lost it's tail (in 2001 or 2002 coming out of New York) must have been alarmed to read the headline.
While it was pretty clear to anyone who knew or cared a jot about aviation that they were describing a tailstrike, and anyone looking at the pictures will recognise the APU access panels, this is the kind of lazy and irresponsible writing that gives punters the heeby jeebies.Anyone who remembers the American A300 that lost it's tail (in 2001 or 2002 coming out of New York) must have been alarmed to read the headline.
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I read the same article in The Mail. While it was pretty clear to anyone who knew or cared a jot about aviation that they were describing a tailstrike, and anyone looking at the pictures will recognise the APU access panels, this is the kind of lazy and irresponsible writing that gives punters the heeby jeebies.
While it was pretty clear to anyone who knew or cared a jot about aviation that they were describing a tailstrike, and anyone looking at the pictures will recognise the APU access panels, this is the kind of lazy and irresponsible writing that gives punters the heeby jeebies.Last edited by Re-Heat; 13th Dec 2006 at 12:42.
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Unlikely to be open due to tail strike (though off course possible) more likely the doors are open for inspection, I was involved in a tail strike several years ago and the doors were simply worn through, without coming to conclusions closers pics would be required.
