An IndiGo aircraft performing a domestic flight on Sunday suffered a tail strike upon landing at Delhi airport. This happened just days after one other aircraft belonging to the carrier returned to Delhi following an engine shutdown. Earlier this 12 months, the Indian aviation regulator had ordered a probe after increasing cases of IndiGo planes involved in tail strikes surfaced.
Grounded in Delhi
On June eleventh, an IndiGo aircraft traveling from Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) suffered a tail strike while landing. The Airbus A321 was performing flight 6E-6183 with a scheduled departure of 18:55 and arrival of 21:10.
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In January, one other one in every of IndiGo A321 was involved in a tail strike incident during landing after a brief international flight between Dhaka and Kolkata. It was performing flight 6E1859, a day by day scheduled service between Dhaka and Kolkata, with a flight time of around 40 minutes. Thankfully, passengers in all of those incidents were protected, with no reported injuries.
Tail strike
Depending upon the severity of the impact and other aspects, tail strikes pose significant threats to the aircraft structure and the protection of passengers. They occur when the tail of an airplane contacts the bottom during takeoff or landing.
There might be several reasons for a tail strike. A number of the common ones during takeoffs include using incorrect speeds, poor rotation technique (when the pilot pulls back on the yoke or side stick), and incorrect aircraft center of gravity or mistrimmed stabilizer.
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A number of the reasons for tail strikes during landings include unstabilized approaches, too low an approach speed, and too high or too low of a landing flare.
Easy Flying has also published an evaluation on tail strikes, giving an in depth pilot’s perspective on such incidents.
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