UNITED AIRLINES 767 EMERGENCY IN ZURICH!!! - tailstrike or not?

[1996zeeshan]

looks like a tial strike from 45 and the small bit of ed smoke at 42 confirms it

[TLVspotter]

Well it clearly is a tailstrike, you can define it as one, but all that happened was the tail skid rubbing against the concrete runway, of course the plane landed for a mandatory inspection...

[210482fmj]

has any airline ever been known to continue with a flight after a tail strike on take off rather than circle to land. 

[m8nproductions]

well you can both hear it and see it, DEFENATELY TAILSTRIKE!

[djtoro54]

it'a tail srike hear carefouly at 0:45

[MrChrislionheart]

I think you are right, you can even hear a noise like a tailstrike and see the sparks, may be it was just a fault in the report or they didnt want to get a negative remark , engine fault is no human error:)

[MrChrislionheart]

but i guess the engine failure occured during take off and so respondet a tail strike, the ground staff is just checking the engine and tail and get their goflight:)

It can happend that the thrust in an engine is not full available for some reason without damage. In these cases the fuel is sometimes beeing checked and the aircrafts pumps and filters and tanks. Its good that nothing happend tho anyone:)

[1996zeeshan]

ur right, if a plane has been lying old fuel can become stale and clog filters and pumps, then when viscous fuel is trying to ove through pumps it ca even tear and breach seals and leak

[ROBSHOTZ]

could have sucked in some FOD into engine

[LegendxHD]

ya it is a tail strike. Continuing on with the flight after damaging the outside could cause an explosive decompression even if they just hit the tail strike skid. Flying was probably be their best option. Also notice that they waiting to pull up the landing gear longer than normal because they realized something is wrong.

[LegendxHD]

ya it is a tail strike. Continuing on with the flight after damaging the outside could cause an explosive decompression even if they just hit the tail strike skid. Flying was probably be their best option.

[FlyJetBlueAirways]

For some reason, to me, the 767 doesn't look capable of flying, especially at high altitudes... weird.

[Arkham1888]

This is a tailstrike due to a suddenly reduced or stoped power in the left engine due to a failure (No smoke behind engine in 1:15). In the takeoff there are three speeds V1, Vr and V2. Once the V1 is exceeded they can not reject the take off, it is not allowed to abort the takeoff after V1. Due to the descent of power on having come to Vr (Speed of Rotation) and having rotated with minor power and as usually the pilot use to do that produces a tailstrike clearly visible at 0:43 (red smoke).

[Polybun]

Get a wind sock you loser.

[P15M12]

certamento bateu a calda no chao pode reparar que vc ouve o barulho da calda arrastando na pistaa certamente foi talstrike

[iflydelta1101]

You could see and hear the tail scraping the ground. :P

[samimalmstrom]

I dont think there was a tail strike. I compared this take off to another UA departing ZRH on youtube from a similar angle and both seem to have the same angle of rotation. Although if you can put this into slow motion it might reveal a tail strike.

[WorldAirwaysMD11]

The plane was heavy and took off at a slow speed. That caused the tail strike

[MyleneJ]

That is defiantly a B-763 (767-300) and i see zero evidence of a tail strike what so ever.

[soterz77]

defenitely not a tail strike...

[mgskullfire]

looks like it didnt have enought take off speed to stay in the air

[Fabrice1995]

He was right, it's a 763...

Newbie =)

But I think it was a tailstrike!

If you look closely at 45 seconds (as it already lifted up from the ground), you can see something red/orange on the runway!

Looks like some sparks! ;)

[toXitenable]

boeing 777 please -_- newbies

[Pvjinflight]

Its 767

[ODTheATC]

@toXitenable

763 IPTE you dumbas

[zlindriver]

Since when has a 777 two paired main wheels?

It is defenitely a 767

[jgdogg441]

it kinda sounded like a tail strike but usually most aircraft (including this one)have a strike plate so it shouldn't be too much of a problem...

Plus, (and it might just be me) but didn't it seem like he didn't have enough flaps either?

[InfiniteSaviour49]

no tailstrike but it was a almost a tailstrike

[IloveSPIDERZ]

That's cool, how it stopped climbing and you see no exhaust coming from the left engine.

[IloveSPIDERZ]

I thought That was wha tI heard, but I don't know. MountianDelight is right, it shouldn't be too problemsome with a Boeing 767 (or a 777).

[dr3am3r1011]

yep, definitely could see one there. could hear it too

[DRUMMERDAVEKINKADE]

this was due to a medical emergency.

[jmorgan93]

No sparks and a visible gap at take off, so its not a tail strike. metal rubbing against asphalt at not far off 200 mph would create some kind of smoke or sparks, there was none. Could of been a whole range of facors but it was nothing major if they got going again.

[MikeMoneyMiami]

Close, but not a tail strike. Probably another mechanical failure. Smell of fuel? Cracked windshield? Anything. Bottom line is they declared an emergency then it goes on its way so they fixed the problem.

[jsb4life]

that was a car trying to start at 00:45. At 00:58 the car starts up. No tail strike.

[MountainDelight]

I doubt it was a tail strike that caused the emergency landing; the 767-300 (and the 777) have a tailskid under the horizontal stabilizer, and it prevents serious damage if I pilot pulls back to quickly. Also, pilots are trained extensively to ensure good clearance during takeoff, and they calculate the appropriate rotation speed based on the load and conditions.

[lokjeffrey]

The tailskid reduces the damage. But still it can be very dangerous to experience a tail strike. You are right that take of speeds are calculated correctly, but it is stil possible to overrotate an airplane. That is why they put the tailskids underneath ;)

[gonzalitror13]

If he he have to return because a tail strike, he would dump some fuel to try to reduce the Landing wheight (since a tail strike is not a big issue for an aircraf ). And a tail strike have nothing to do with an engine failure.......

[jipe05]

that's a tail strike! we can hear it and sparks can be seen too!

[tahadar]

err....isnt that 'sound' just a starting car?

[hensley87]

yes you can hear the tail strike wow....

[Shakemagroovethangg]

Another Great performance from United Airline

[VKari]

You can even hear the tailsrike!

[flyguy281]

How do you get damage on the left engine due to a tailstrike?

[RemiAviation]

Well, the information I put in this video isn't very sure. After its landing someone told me that he heard of an engine problem. But I saw the tail strike after editing the video and posting it to FL350.

[couniamanmanw]

@RemiAviation no tailstrike, it almost hits the floor but it didn't...

[killafunkuk]

@flyguy281

the other way round, you are more likely to get a tailstrike after an engine failure before VR, there is less excess thrust, which is what gives you a particular climb gradient. Manuals say you should rotate slower and to a lower target attitude because of the increase risk of a tail strike

[lolpo555]

yes! tail strike!

[RzeszowianinUL]

Upsss !