Sun Express B738 at Hamburg on Dec 23rd 2017, tail strike on departure

Last Update: December 24, 2017 / 16:46:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Sun Express

Flight number
XQ-171

Departure
Hamburg, Germany

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-SEO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Sun Express Boeing 737-800, registration TC-SEO performing flight XQ-171 from Hamburg (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey), departed Hamburg's runway 33 when the crew received a tail strike indication, stopped the climb at 4000 feet and advised air traffic control about the tail strike. The controller understood bird strike and alerted emergency services accordingly. The aircraft positioned for a return to Hamburg and landed safely on Hamburg's runway 23. Emergency services attending to the aircraft still believing to deal with a bird strike reported they were seeing substantial damage to the underside of the tail section clarifying the aircraft had sustained a tail strike.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 29 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Sun Express

Flight number
XQ-171

Departure
Hamburg, Germany

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-SEO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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