Created Thursday, Nov 30th 2023 18:02Z, last updated Thursday, Nov 30th 2023 18:02Z
An Air Algerie Boeing 737-800 freighter, registration 7T-VJJ performing flight AH-1208 from Algiers (Algeria) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was accelerating for takeoff from Algier's runway 05 when the aircraft "auto-" rotated at about 110 knots over ground and struck its tail onto the runway surface. The crew rejected takeoff and returned to the apron.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Algiers on Nov 30th 2023.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the aircraft was not balanced with its CG out of bounds. One or more pallets in the main cargo compartment had been placed into an aft compartment rather than the correct forward compartment.
The damage:
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