May 10, 2010

JAL B773 at Osaka on May 9th 2010, tail scrape on landing

From The Aviation Herald



A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration JA8941 performing flight JL-2016 from Sapporo to Osaka Itami (Japan) with 371 people on board, scraped its tail skid assembly on Osaka's runway before the crew aborted the landing and went around. The airplane landed safely about 45 minutes later. No injuries occured, the airplane received minor damage.

Japan's Transport Ministry said, that the runway was closed for about 30 minutes for an inspection which revealed scrape marks of 20 meters (66 feet) length and 15cm (6 inches) width on the runway. The airplane received damage to its tail skid assembly.

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