On March 12, 2003 Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 suffered a tail strike as the rotation speed was 33 knots less than required

On March 12, 2003 Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 suffered a tail strike during take off from Auckland. The effects of the “tail strike” suffered by Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 747-412 9V-SMT (CN / LN 27137/990 – scrapped) during take off from Auckland runway 23L (AKL). The aircraft was performing flight SQ286 from Auckland (AKL) to Singapore…