Definitions
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- noun aviation An unintended contact of the rear of an
aircraft 'sfuselage with the ground during atakeoff orlanding .
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Examples
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The only previous recorded accident for Airblue, a carrier founded in 2003, was a tailstrike in May 2008 at Quetta airport by one of the airline's Airbus 321 jets.
KRDO.com 2010
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The only previous recorded accident for Airblue, a carrier founded in 2003, was a tailstrike in May 2008 at Quetta airport by one of the airline's Airbus 321 jets.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The US FAA is downloading the digital flight data recorder of a JetBlue Airbus A320 that experienced a tailstrike on departure from New York's JFK airport in gusty crosswind conditions on the evening of 28 March.
HEADLINES 2010
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Another JetBlue aircraft on the ground at JFK however had radioed the tower and independently confirmed that Flight 217 had experienced a tailstrike on rotation.
HEADLINES 2010
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Another JetBlue aircraft on the ground at JFK however had radioed the tower and independently confirmed that Flight 217 had experienced a tailstrike on rotation.
HEADLINES 2010
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The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.
WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010
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The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.
WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010
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The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.
WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010
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The aircraft was involved in a tailstrike incident at Osaka International Airport on 2 June 1978, which damaged the aircraft's rear pressure bulkhead.
WN.com - Articles related to Etihad launches non-stop flights Abu Dhabi and Tokyo 2010
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The US FAA is downloading the digital flight data recorder of a JetBlue Airbus A320 that experienced a tailstrike on departure from New York's JFK airport in gusty crosswind conditions on the evening of 28 March.
HEADLINES 2010
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