Would like to be a fly on the wall at Airbus HQ. You know they are hoping this is not a fault of the aircraft.
Still it could be. I can imagine how the Boeing folks who worked on that JAL 747 felt with it going down with the huge pax load.
I haven’t found who did the tail repair several years ago, my guess is it was Airbus.
I have also seen this model airplane is a real pig to fly at full gross weight, and bad technique can lead to another tail strike on departure. Not a good thing to damage a repaired area again..
I can imagine how the Boeing folks who worked on that JAL 747 felt with it going down with the huge pax load.
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How about when their 737’s were dropping out of the sky on approach?