Created Sunday, Oct 12th 2025 21:20Z, last updated Friday, Oct 24th 2025 14:08Z
An EAT Leipzig Airbus A300-600 freighter on behalf of DHL, registration D-AEAG performing flight QY-2212 from Leipzig (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), landed on Heathrow's runway 09L at 17:12L (16:12Z) when the aircraft bounced, suffered a tail strike, settled again on the runway before the aircraft balked the landing and went around. The aircraft positioned for another approach to runway 09R where the aircraft landed without further incident about 20 minutes later.
On Oct 24th 2025 the AAIB reported, they rated the occurrence an accident and opened an investigation stating the aircraft "suffered a collision of the rear of the fuselage with the runway during landing."
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