SAS A333 at Stockholm on Nov 21st 2024, tail strike on departure

Last Update: December 2, 2024 / 12:06:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 21, 2024

Classification
Accident

Flight number
SK-903

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

Airport ICAO Code
ESSA

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration LN-RKM performing flight SK-903 from Stockholm (Sweden) to Newark,NJ (USA), departed Stockholm's runway 01L but struck its tail onto the runway surface. The aircraft continued the climb to FL360 and was enroute about 450nm north of Copenhagen (Denmark) when the crew decided to divert to Copenhagen. The aircraft maintained FL360 on the way to Copenhagen and landed without further incident on Copenhagen's runway 22L about 75 minutes after beginning the diversion. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

A replacement A330-300 registration LN-RKO reached Newark with a delay of about 6 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Copenhagen for 10 days, then ferried to Palma Mallorca,SP (Spain) maintaining maximum flight level 100 and is anticipated to remain on the ground in Mallorca for considerable time.

Metars:
ESSA 211250Z 30017KT 8000 -SN SCT020 BKN031 OVC082 M05/M08 Q0980 TEMPO 4000=
ESSA 211220Z 29019KT 4000 -SN FEW012 BKN022 M05/M07 Q0980 TEMPO 6000 VV014=
ESSA 211150Z 30018KT 9999 -SN FEW023 BKN036 M04/M08 Q0980 TEMPO 4000 VV014=
ESSA 211120Z 30019KT 9000 -SN FEW024 BKN042 M05/M08 Q0980 TEMPO 4000 VV014=
ESSA 211050Z 29019G29KT 4800 -SN FEW014 BKN023 M05/M07 Q0980 TEMPO 5000 VV014=
ESSA 211020Z 29018KT 3700 -SN BKN017 M05/M07 Q0980 TEMPO 5000 VV014=
ESSA 210950Z 29020KT 2700 -SN BKN017 M05/M07 Q0980 TEMPO 5000 VV014=
ESSA 210920Z 29019KT 2000 -SN BKN014 M05/M07 Q0980 TEMPO 5000 VV015=
ESSA 210850Z 28017KT 2100 -SN VV018 M05/M07 Q0980 TEMPO 5000 VV012=
ESSA 210820Z 29019KT 1600 -SN BKN012 M05/M07 Q0979 TEMPO 5000 VV012=
ESSA 210750Z 29017KT 2200 -SN FEW013 BKN017 M05/M06 Q0979 TEMPO 0800 SN VV008=
ESSA 210720Z 29017KT 1200 SN VV015 M05/M06 Q0979 TEMPO 0800 SN VV008=
ESSA 210650Z 29020G30KT 2500 -SN BKN009 M04/M06 Q0979 TEMPO 0800 SN VV008=
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
LN-RKM
Country of Registration
Norway
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
Airbus
Aircraft Model / Type
A330-343
ICAO Aircraft Type
A333
Serial Number
Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
Engine Count
Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 21, 2024

Classification
Accident

Flight number
SK-903

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

Airport ICAO Code
ESSA

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