A Air Via Airbus A320-200, performing flight VL-501 from Varna (Bulgaria) to Leipzig (Germany), landed short while on approach to Leipzig’s runway 08R, bounced and touched down a second time onto the piano keys (just past the runway threshold) of the runway with the tail contacting the runway surface at about 12:57L (10:57Z). The aircraft rolled out without further incident but sustained substantial damage to the tail.
NEWS An Air Via A320 suffering a significant tail strike while landingat Leipzig
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