A video of a plane's landing during a heavy tailwind, meaning an aborted landing:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fd9_1183290852
love the reassurring announcement from the stewardess:
"as soon as we have any more information we'll keep you updated"!!
Looks like a BAe146 or Avro RJ to me?
Droning Spudfreak:Looks like a BAe146 or Avro RJ to me?
Correct. And the airport looks like Bern-Belp (Switzerland).
aviator1:Plane's tail hitting the runway - video
As for the title of the thread, I wouldn't exactly say that the tail hit the runway - sure, it was a hard landing, but it certainly wasn't a tail-strike.
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