Tail strikes: A tail strike in the aviation sector means when the tail of an airplane touches the runway during takeoff or landing. Though there are various reasons behind the tail strike ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tail strike is usually caused by the aircraft's angle of departure being too steep.Credit: Alamy Tail strike is what happens when ...

This caused the plane to strike the ground on the underside of the tail assembly. The Qantas crew decided to return to the airport about 15 minutes after departure. Their cockpit instruments had ...

the day before a damaging tail-strike at Fez. The ATR 72-600 had been operating Lisbon-Fez, on behalf of TAP Express, on 6 July last year with the trainee first officer as the flying pilot.

the crew reviewed the tail-strike non-normal checklist, and diverted to land at Kolkata, where inspections confirmed that the skid shoe of the tail-skid assembly had come into contact with the runway.