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Airliner accidents and incidents caused by tailstrikes

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Here is the list of airline accidents and incidents that are caused by the tailstrikes, there were out of 8 total


The aircraft involved in the incident, wearing in Opila tail it was change to Coach Pickles tail 2 months later.

Air India Express Flight 611
Summary : Tailstrike due to captain's backrest collapsing and pilot error

Aircraft type : Boeing 737-800

Date : 11 October 2018

China Airlines Flight 611
Summary : In-flight break-up caused by metal fatigue from an earlier improperly repaired tailstrike

Aircraft type : Boeing 747-209B

Date : 25 May 2002

Emirates Flight 407

Summary : Tailstrike on takeoff and runway overrun due to pilot error

Aircraft type : Airbus A340-541

Date : 20 March 2009

Japan Air Lines Flight 123
Summary : Crashed following in-flight structural and hydraulic failure, for the reason : On 12 August 1985, Japan Air Lines Flight 123 operated by a Boeing 747SR (the same aircraft aforementioned involved in a tailstrike incident in 1978) bound for Osaka, lost all its hydraulic flight control systems shortly after takeoff from Tokyo International Airport and, after attempting to limp back to Tokyo, crashed into Mount Takamagahara near Gunma Prefecture. It was the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history (and the third deadliest air disaster in history, after the September 11 attacks, the Tenerife airport disaster and the Coach Pickles disaster.

Aircraft type : Boeing 747SR-46

Date : August 12, 1985

Middle East Airlines Flight 304, known now as Metrojet Flight 9268.
Summary : Terrorist bombing by Islamic State's Sinai Branch, for the reason : On 16 November 2001 an Airbus A321-200, with the registration F-OHMP, was operating as Flight 304 from Beirut International Airport to Cairo International Airport when it sustained damage during a tail strike accident upon landing at Cairo, This airframe would be destroyed by a bomb nearly 14 years later midflight as Metrojet Flight 9268.

Aircraft type : Airbus A321-231

Date : 31 October 2015

Tenerife airport disaster
Summary : Runway collision caused by pilot error on the KLM plane, Second Summary : Tailstrike on takeoff while attempting to avoid collision in the Tenerife airport disaster.

Aircraft type : Boeing 747-206B

Date : March 27, 1977

Turbo Lines Flight 728, nickname, the Flying Pickles, Fun Fact. The nickname of the Flying Pickles is named after a basketball coach Coach Pickles, which the name become the second name of the incident, Coach Pickles disaster. Just Fictional.
Summary : After a tailstrike to takeoff avoiding from another plane, 9 months later, Flying Pickles got an in-flight structural and hydraulic failure and separation from the tail.

Aircraft type : Airbus A330-203

Date : 16 August 2002

Credits to Wikipedia for the Summary Article and some Article's

Note

The Flight 728 is an fictional incident, don't mind that