"A spokesperson said while they cannot speculate on what happened, damage to the plane was serious and will take some time to repair." I guess they just don't want to admit the pilot over rotated. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J. Wallace" <katana.flyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:58 AM Subject: SQ286 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bit of news... > > SQ had a tailstrike yesterday at Auckland. 747-400 350+ PAX no reported > injuries. Made an overweight landing at Auckland on second attempt. Crew > didn't dump fuel because of APU fire warning indication calling for immediate > landing. Tail looks like a real mess in the photos. > > David > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+cNTjKsvwCXwmAPgRAu2FAJ96YRE16rA7zKULwuYfg4rCaK3CYACeJZdY > iev6GEyOyw64lHffn6c0HsI= > =wI5u > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >