Qantas tail strike at Sydney

[Nigel C]

I'd be amazed if a 10000mm lens would have seen the size of the scrape...

The scrape wasn't very big (certainly not compared to other scars still visible along the runway from previous strikes...) and it was actually on the runways intersection, not south of it.

If there was bits and pieces of aircraft laying on the runway then I'd expect some anxiety, otherwise there's not much to get all worked up about.

[NickN]

The rear of the aircraft looks relatively unscathed.

Kinda unsual for a QF 767 to experience a tail strike they normally get off the ground like a rocket.

[Tony P]

Originally Posted by NickN

The rear of the aircraft looks relatively unscathed.

The tail skid did what it is designed to do!!

[Adam P.]

Slightly O/T, but there will be a DoG night organised for sometime in the next few weeks so the Sydney spotters (and any out-of-towners who can make it) can get together and tell tall porkies. I'll announce a date in the coming weeks. All will be welcome.

Hey Nigel... any progress on this one???

Haven't had the famous DoG brontosaurus steak in some time.

[Nigel C]

An announcement will be made in the coming days...expect it to be sometime in the next fortnight, I think.

[Stephen Brown]

I'm on Hols over the next few weeks so I'll be there. Good timing Nige!

[Tim Bowrey]

Originally Posted by Nigel C

it was actually on the runways intersection, not south of it.

Nigel, I recorded the ATC and the Tower Controller clearly states "...there was a scrape mark just south of the crossing runway" and there was 131 p.o.b. as the according to ATC.

[Nigel C]

Tim, I should know, I was the one who found it.

[Tim Bowrey]

Good on you, on ATC they said they found them just south, im sure you heard. Oh well.

[Kurt A]

Don't worry Tim, Nigel will still buy you a beer this weekend, just because he's a nice bloke