Summary Italian investigators have released their preliminary report about a tail strike incident involving a LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER. The incident happened on July 9 and resulted in damage to the aircraft and the runway surface. Following the event, LATAM Airlines' performance calculations indicated that the pilots should have chosen much higher decision, rotation, and takeoff speeds.
The National Agency for the Safety of Flight (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo, ANSV) has released its preliminary report about an incident involving a LATAM Airlines Boeing 777-300ER in Milan, Italy. On July 9, the aircraft scrapped the runway for several seconds before finally taking off from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP). Subsequently, it returned to the same airport before finally being ferried back to Brazil several days after the incident.
Scrapping the runway for 700 meters The LATAM Airlines 777-300ER, registered as PT-MUG, was scheduled to operate flight LA8073 between MXP and São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), with an estimated block time of 11 hours, according to the report. The load sheet for the aircraft stated that the zero fuel weight (ZFW) was 219,460 kilograms (483,826 pounds), the takeoff weight (TOW) was 328,425 kg (724,053 lbs), and the fuel in the tanks was 109,625 kg (241,681 lbs). Onboard the aircraft were three pilots, 12 flight attendants, and 383 passengers, totaling 398 people that were flying on the .