That Air Atlanta Icelandic A300 tailstrike at East Midlands

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That Air Atlanta Icelandic A300 tailstrike at East Midlands

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http://avherald.com/h?article=43691dea&opt=0
Accident: Air Atlanta A306 at East Midlands on Jan 10th 2011, tailstrike on landing

By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jan 21st 2011 21:28Z, last updated Saturday, Jan 22nd 2011 16:50Z

An Air Atlanta Icelandic Airbus A300-600, registration TF-ELK performing freight flight CC-14F from Belfast International,NI to East Midlands,EN (UK),
struck its tail onto the runway while landing at East Midlands' runway 09 at 21:22L (21:22Z).

The crew went around and diverted to London Stansted,EN (UK) for a safe landing about 40 minutes later.

The NTSB reported the tailstrike is being investigated by the AAIB with an accredited representative of the NTSB participating.

The aircraft has not been seen on radar following that flight on Jan 10th until Jan 21st 23:02Z, when the aircraft departed Stansted Airport as flight CC-976P.
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