Sunwing B738 at Belfast on Jun 15th 2023, tail scrape on departure
Last Update: June 20, 2023 / 22:09:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
BY-1472
Departure
Belfast Aldergrove, United Kingdom
Destination
Lanzarote, Spain
Aircraft Registration
C-GNCH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The aircraft returned to service after about 14.5 hours on the ground.
The Canadian TSB reported: "During rotation for take-off, the tail of the aircraft made contact with the runway. The flight crew put the aircraft in holding while they ran the appropriate checklists and contacted the company. The flight was subsequently instructed to return to EGAA where it landed overweight. There were no reported injuries."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
BY-1472
Departure
Belfast Aldergrove, United Kingdom
Destination
Lanzarote, Spain
Aircraft Registration
C-GNCH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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