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Also not good is the fact that they climbed to altitude (before knowing about the tailstrike?). There's been a few accidents from tailstrike damage causing rea
by mlyle 5y ago
Also not good is the fact that they climbed to altitude (before knowing about the tailstrike?). There's been a few accidents from tailstrike damage causing rear bulkhead failure and catastrophic depressurization.
- hugh-avherald 5y agoI don't think there have been any where the tailstrike and decompression occurred on the same flight.
- mlyle 5y agoAll the ones I'm aware of were on subsequent flights after improper repair. But, still, the QRH says to avoid altitude and not pressurize the plane for a reason...
- TylerE 5y agoDid they? This is Colorado...the runway is at ~6600ft ASL, and there are mountains above 12k in close proximity.
- mlyle 5y agoThey reached FL300. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N760JB https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N760JB