Created Friday, Sep 27th 2024 12:57Z, last updated Saturday, Sep 28th 2024 06:49Z
An ANZ Air New Zealand Airbus A321-200N, registration ZK-NND performing flight
NZ-272 from Brisbane,QL (Australia) to Wellington (New Zealand), touched down hard on Wellington's runway 34 at 15:07L (03:07Z) and struck its tail onto the runway surface. The crew initiated a go around, subsequently decided to divert to Auckland, climbed the aircraft to FL180 and landed on Auckland's runway 23L about one hour after the go around.
According to information The Aviation Herald received, the aircraft encountered windshear on short final, touched down at 2.9G causing the fuselage to wrinkle, and struck its tail onto the runway surface.
The airline later reported that an inspection of the aircraft did not show evidence of a tail contact with the ground. The flight data have been sent to Airbus to determine what maintenance actions are needed before the aircraft can return to service.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Auckland about 32 hours after landing.
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