Corendon B738 at Billund and Warsaw on Mar 5th 2016, tail strike on departure
Last Update: April 14, 2016 / 18:26:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 5, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Corendon Airlines
Departure
Billund, Denmark
Destination
Antalya, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
TC-TJP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration TC-TJJ was dispatched to Warsaw and resumed the flight about 6.5 hours after landing.
The occurrence aircraft resumed service on Mar 17th, 12 days after the occurrence.
On Apr 14th 2016 Denmark's HCL released a preliminary statement reporting hat the aircraft suffered a tail strike upon takeoff from Billund, which presumably went unnoticed by the flight crew. The aircraft later diverted to Warsaw where a maintenance organisation found damage consistent with a tail strike. The occurrence happened in night conditions and in instrument meteorologic conditions. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Turkey's AIB.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 5, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Corendon Airlines
Departure
Billund, Denmark
Destination
Antalya, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
TC-TJP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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