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  • noun aviation An unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.

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Examples

  • The only previous recorded accident for Airblue, a carrier founded in 2003, was a tailstrike in May 2008 at Quetta airport by one of the airline's Airbus 321 jets.

    KRDO.com 2010

  • The only previous recorded accident for Airblue, a carrier founded in 2003, was a tailstrike in May 2008 at Quetta airport by one of the airline's Airbus 321 jets.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • The US FAA is downloading the digital flight data recorder of a JetBlue Airbus A320 that experienced a tailstrike on departure from New York's JFK airport in gusty crosswind conditions on the evening of 28 March.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • Another JetBlue aircraft on the ground at JFK however had radioed the tower and independently confirmed that Flight 217 had experienced a tailstrike on rotation.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • Another JetBlue aircraft on the ground at JFK however had radioed the tower and independently confirmed that Flight 217 had experienced a tailstrike on rotation.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.

    WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010

  • The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.

    WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010

  • The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.

    WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010

  • The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.

    WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010

  • The US FAA is downloading the digital flight data recorder of a JetBlue Airbus A320 that experienced a tailstrike on departure from New York's JFK airport in gusty crosswind conditions on the evening of 28 March.

    HEADLINES 2010

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