How the Crew of a DHL Flight Miraculously Landed a Jet After It Was Hit by a Surface-to-Air Missile in 2003

The missile struck the cargo plane’s left wing after takeoff near Baghdad, causing it to catch fire and leak fuel ...
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Ouch: DHL Airbus A300 Suffers Tail Strike At 170mph During Landing At London Heathrow

This past Sunday was an unlucky date for the United Kingdom’s busiest hub :London Heathrow Airport (LHR). The events that caused so many travel headaches at Heathrow were quite dramatic, owing to a ...
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DHL A300 tags the deck at Heathrow – airline pilots react!

A DHL Airbus A300 cargo jet struck its tail during a go-around at London Heathrow, scraping the runway before managing a safe second landing. The incident — caught live by Big Jet TV — forced ...
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Pitch-up after bounced landing led to UPS A300 tail-strike: inquiry

US investigators have determined that incorrect pitch attitude during a bounced landing preceded a tail-strike to a UPS Airbus A300-600 freighter at Louisville. The aircraft had been arriving from ...