UA2396 - Incident: United B739 at Boston on Nov 1st 2023
Created Thursday, Nov 2nd 2023 15:27Z, last updated Thursday, Nov 2nd 2023 15:54Z
A United Boeing 737-900, registration N37468 performing flight UA-2396 from Boston,MA to Newark,NJ (USA) with 104 people on board, needed to change to Boston's runway 09 after runway 04R became blocked by a disabled aircraft. The aircraft departed runway 09, during climbout the crew advised they had a possible tail strike on departure and needed to return to Boston. The aircraft stopped the climb at 5000 feet and returned to Boston for a safe landing on runway 04L about 25 minutes after departure.
The FAA reported the aircraft scraped its tail on the runway, the occurrence is being investigated by the FAA.
Source: The Aviation Herald