An incident from earlier in the week has left a Cathay Pacific A350-1000 grounded in Hong Kong, due to the aircraft suffering a tail strike during a go-around. Despite the tail strike, the aircraft was able to ascend to the required altitude during the go-around maneuver and was able to land safely on its second attempt.

This is day four since the aircraft has been grounded, no doubt, having the airline's engineering team carry out relevant repairs before the aircraft can return to commercial service.

Details Of The Tail-Strike Incident

A "tail-strike" is reported when the underside of an aircraft's tail comes in contact with the ground, and this usually occurs when the aircraft is taking off or landing, with an abnormally high pitch-up (nose up) attitude. In this instance, an Airbus

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