Tailstrike Incident Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ET-AYC,
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Date:Thursday 6 October 2022
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic B789 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Owner/operator:Ethiopian Airlines
Registration: ET-AYC
MSN: 65091/1005
Year of manufacture:2020
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM/FZQA) -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Lilongwe-Kamuzu International Airport (LLW/FWKI)
Destination airport:Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM/FZQA)
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET877, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, suffered a tailstrike during an attempted landing at Lubumbashi Airport, D.R. Congo.

The first approach to runway 07 was aborted at 12:54 UTC. The aircraft circled and landed on the second attempt at 13:10 UTC.
It is unclear if the tailstrike occurred during the first or second attempted landing.

The aircraft was ferried unpressurized to Addis Ababa one day after the incident.

Sources:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/et-ayc#2dbcaa48
https://twitter.com/FelizVuelo/status/1578454928887980033

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Oct-2022 19:42 harro Added
07-Oct-2022 19:44 harro Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2022 21:42 Iceman 29 Updated [Embed code]

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