Malta B38M at Malta on Apr 13th 2023, suspected tailstrike on departure

Last Update: April 13, 2023 / 19:55:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 13, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Malta

Flight number
FR-96757

Departure
Malta, Malta

Destination
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
9H-VVH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

Airport
Luqa Airport, Luqa

Airport ICAO Code
LMML

An Malta Air Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration 9H-VVH performing flight FR-96757 from Malta (Malta) to Riga (Latvia) with 191 people on board, was climbing out of Malta's runway 31 when the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet advising they suspected a tail strike. The crew advised, no assistance was needed, they wanted to run checklists and hold to burn off fuel and return to Malta. While holding the crew requested a runway inspection. Following the runway inspection services reported nothing had been found. The crew subsequently reported they did have a suspected tail strike on departure and now needed to hold for about 90 minutes to burn fuel. The aircraft landed safely back on runway 31 about 100 minutes after departure.

The aircraft is still on the ground about 3 hours after landing back.

Metars:
LMML 131445Z 23021KT CAVOK 21/11 Q1007 NOSIG=
LMML 131415Z 23019G29KT CAVOK 21/11 Q1007 NOSIG=
LMML 131345Z 23019G30KT CAVOK 21/12 Q1007 NOSIG=
LMML 131315Z 23022G32KT CAVOK 21/12 Q1007 NOSIG=
LMML 131245Z 22019G29KT CAVOK 21/13 Q1007 NOSIG=
LMML 131215Z 22017KT CAVOK 21/13 Q1008 NOSIG=
LMML 131145Z 21016KT CAVOK 21/13 Q1008 NOSIG=
LMML 131115Z 22015G25KT 190V260 CAVOK 21/12 Q1009 NOSIG=
LMML 131045Z 22014KT 190V250 CAVOK 22/12 Q1009 NOSIG=
LMML 131015Z 23017KT CAVOK 22/11 Q1009 NOSIG=
LMML 130945Z 23016KT CAVOK 21/12 Q1009 NOSIG=
LMML 130915Z 23017KT CAVOK 21/12 Q1010 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 13, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Malta

Flight number
FR-96757

Departure
Malta, Malta

Destination
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
9H-VVH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800MAX

ICAO Type Designator
B38M

Airport
Luqa Airport, Luqa

Airport ICAO Code
LMML

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