Aviation Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / February 2010

Tailstrikes from over rotations on takeoff may have potentially deadly
consequences if the empenage is damaged.
Is the industry too complacent ?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Austrian-Airlines/Boeing-767-3Z9-ER/1646611/L/

France Concorde crash trial set to begin
US airline Continental and five individuals go on trial in France later
over the crash of an Air France Concorde nearly 10 years ago.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8492561.stm

According to Fairfax -
Flight QF453, a Boeing 767 bound for Melbourne, suffered a tailstrike on
take off from Sydney Feb 1 2010.
The aircraft returned and landed.