-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Could have been over-rotation. Could also have been incorrect loading / early rotation / misset trim et al. Good thing is it happened in New Zealand so we will probably find out what actually happened. Aircraft down for at least 14 days, much longer if the pressure dome is damaged. 9V-SMT for those who care. Any one you can walk away from and all that... David On Friday 14 Mar 2003 12:58 am, Mark wrote: > "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----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cg7yKsvwCXwmAPgRAjfHAJ0b2MqekST7LF/MLp33GXx/p2vaXgCdGQfw 1DMXdKAoCw3RVIQjQIz66Nc= =524U -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----