It was such a close call, the pilot of the Denver-bound United Airlines passenger plane told federal investigators later, that he feared his airborne plane would strike the tail of the Boeing 747 ...

Cargo B director for cargo Gerard Terbruggen confirms that one of the airline's 747-200s was involved in ... indicative of a serious tail strike, but Terbruggen declines to give any further ...

The Boeing 747-200 suddenly broke up on May 25 about ... a metal patch used to repair damage caused in 1980 by a "tail strike." In a tail strike, the fuselage rubs along the runway, usually ...

The 747’s was a dome: Cut an orange down the ... Aircraft Accident Investigation Commision Report The tail strike accident mangled the bottom half of the bulkhead. Instead of mending it, the ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on Jan. 25 requiring airplane flight manual (AFM) changes for Boeing 747-8, 747-8F and 777 after determining ...

a Boeing 747-200 that came apart at the top of climb on May 25, 2002. The cracks emanated from a repair of tail-strike damage that occurred in 1980. The repair... This content requires a ...

A bay door on the right side of the 747's tail cone would open and an ejector ... all the while being able to strike strategic targets close to 1,000 miles inland, not to mention making an ...