QF Tail strike

[codash1099]

Foregiveness is humbly begged if this has appeared before.

Wrong data tapped into iPad by pilots causes Qantas jet's tail to strike tarmac - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The incident was more than a year ago.

 

[Quickstatus]

To err is human

 

[jb747]

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_1_07/AERO_Q107_article2.pdf

Probably all you never wanted to know about tail strikes. Note that some aircraft, 737 and 767 included, actually include some form of tail bumper, so that in the event of a strike something that's meant to take a hit loses the paint, and not the fuselage.