Emirates A340-500 Tail Strike Was A Near Disaster
An Emirates Airbus A340-500 only barely managed to get airborne after using the full 3,660 meter (12,000 ft.) length of its runway at Melbourne on March 20, in an incident that came perilously close to disaster. The aircraft’s flying condition at the end of its takeoff run was so marginal that 170...
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