Blue Air 737 struck tail after captain belatedly intervened to avoid hard landing

Blue Air tail-strike Naples-c-ANSV

Source: ANSV

Italian investigators have attributed a Boeing 737-800’s damaging tail-strike at Naples to the captain’s belated attempt to avoid a hard landing, after the first officer initiated an early flare.

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