Overview
- Video and witness accounts show the Boeing 777-300ER’s tail contacted the runway and produced visible sparks during a go-around at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
- The freighter continued to circle and then landed safely with no reported injuries to the flight crew.
- Kalitta Air immediately removed the aircraft from service and plans to ferry it to its heavy-maintenance base at Oscoda–Wurtsmith Airport in Michigan for detailed structural inspections.
- The FAA has opened an official investigation that will review flight and cockpit data, air-traffic records, maintenance logs, and available video before issuing findings.
- A tailstrike happens when an aircraft’s rear fuselage contacts the runway, often from an excessive nose-up pitch during landing, and inspections will focus on aft fuselage structure and flight-control systems that could need repair.