Bulgarian A320 tail strike

[cowpatz]

Not something that is common to the A320.
Air VIA Bulgarian Airlines at EDDP Leipzig/Halle around 4th July.
The aircraft touched down and bounced. The tail struck on the second touchdown.
This I do find surprising as Airbus did a very comprehensive study into landing techniques including bounced landing recovery. Even though this was an Airbus study it is applicable to all aircraft.
This chap was running out of ideas and airspeed at the same time and in an effort to get a smooth touchdown managed to redesign the APU compartment ventilation system in the process.

Photo copyright: Sascha Kretschmer

[omitchell]

"Yup. The suspension works. What's next on the list?"

[Ian Warren]

Not going say anything ... except .. maybe the pilot thought he was a dog or flying a dog !

[dbcunnz]

Tie my Kangaroo down sport stop it bouncing around

[Charl]

Maybe he had a momentary impulse to go around.
It's in the manual

On the topic of "what does the pilot think he's doing??", what about this:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troub...a-on-Air-NZ-jet
I am really uncomfortable with this.
Even more uncomfortable with the press describing to every wannabe highjacker that the locked cockpit door is not any deterrent at all...

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Charl @ Jul 6 2014,2:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe he had a momentary impulse to go around.
It's in the manual

I guess we all have seen this .. Singapore 747 a few years back in Auckland .. least , got it on the news , taught about someone dragging his tail n company.

QUOTE

On the topic of "what does the pilot think he's doing??", what about this:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troub...a-on-Air-NZ-jet
Even more uncomfortable with the press describing to every wannabe highjacker that the locked cockpit door is not any deterrent at all...[/quote]
Be interesting to see if there is a follow up on the local news tonight , or the typical hush hush for a couple days .

Last edited by Ian Warren on Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.