Tail strikes are unusual. Two within minutes of each other, both on flights to Hawaii, led to great concern and immediate action.
Tail strikes are unusual. Two within minutes of each other, both on flights to Hawaii, led to great concern and immediate action.
Tail strike and a non compliant repair was the cause of JAL123, the worst disaster in Japanese aviation history. So we should not be dismissive about them.
Better to have this news than not! I’m glad the FAA is monitoring these issues b cause the Airlines don’t seem to want to share this Information!
Another scenario of “ Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
We were on flt 801 yesterday. Not sure if important, but notice passenger more carry on, one young woman had two back packs of heavy weight, taking space in overhead and Way from other passengers. No tail strike for us, flight was long but routine.
This is terrifying for anyone who plans on flying. How do you know it isn’t manipulated by someone else who inputs information into the system on a regular basis? What should we do? I pray that God protects us all. But please find out quickly what is going on. Thank you!
Aloha BoH:
After reading your post concerning runway tail strikes on commercial airlines associated with Hawaii,I am interested in whether other airlines have documented this occurrence. The brief mentions Alaska, Hawaiian and United; has American, Delta or Southwestern ever experienced such occurrence.
Thank you for the info,
Clifford
Good to know; love to move to Kauai or Hawaii; married at Coco Palms in 1984 & have been back many times.
All the more reason to pack lighter. Your excess stuff weighs the plane down at take off.
Dont need to pack lighter but that does help cramming into a convertible. The problem is calculating the weight accurately, not to much weight. Glad Alaska took care of it promptly since I only fly Alaska.
Alaska airlines has always been very professional and caring. I am glad they figured out the problem rapidly and turned both jets back in order to keep their passengers safe. Unfortunately, it probably cause a lot of grief for their travelers. I would rather be alive and delayed then on time with a broken plane and dead! Thank you Alaska airlines! The right call was made!
for that United Airlines flight a little more details on the type of aircraft involved and what was the aftermath resolution!! would be helpful information
Aloha and mahalo for all of your Information. I think it was around the late 90’s, I was on an American Airlines 727, departing from Dallas Fort Worth Airport, when we had a tail strike. The take off angle was greater than usual and you could hear the metal scrape the runway. It could be felt as well (I was sitting in one of the last rows). Nothing was said and the flight continued to our destination. Freaked the hell out of me!!
I believe you touched a very important point when you stressed the fact that the airline industry has gone over two and a half decades without a major fatal crash, because that means the mathematical odds of one happening are already playing catch up and are increasing by the day against us. All the more reason for everyone involved in this industry to step up their actions and performance to literally beat the odds, no pun intended. Thank you.
Are there statistics that support you conclusion.
I think there are 2 kinds of passengers, those who think the more time between incidents = a greater chance of an accident. And others, like myself don’t have a real opinion. I go back and forth.
It’s more than interesting to note that SWA has never had a fatal accident. Ditto for Hawaiian.
Source USA Today for SWA and traveller.com for Hawaiian.