Passengers on BA flight ‘scream after plane tail strikes runway’

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The aircraft’s tail made contact with the tarmac during a bumpy landing at Heathrow (Picture: X/@BigJetTVLIVE) Passengers on board a British Airways flight experienced a bumpy…

Passengers on board a British Airways flight experienced a bumpy landing at Heathrow Airport.

The packed Airbus A321neo from Amsterdam made a dramatic landing attempt at the UK’s busiest airport yesterday.

The approach to the runway seemed normal as the plane zoomed closer to the ground.

But after the landing gear touched down, the aircraft’s tail appeared to lean back heavily and scraped onto the tarmac for a split second.

It then bounced back before the rear fin almost made contact with the ground again, before the pilots pulled back up.

The landing was captured on popular Big Jet TV’s live stream with thousands of viewers.

The pilots performed a go-around above the air hub before landing safely on the second attempt.

Passengers screamed when the tail smashed onto the ground, a source told the Sun.

They said: ‘This is most irregular. There were screams. No-one knew what was happening.’

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