Muscle Memory: Heathrow Tail Strike Wrote Off 33-Year-Old Airbus A300 After Aborted Landing

Just over a year ago, an Airbus A300-600F cargo aircraft operated by European Air Transport Leipzig as part of Deutsche Post’s DHL-branded airfreight operations experienced a dramatic tail strike upon landing at London Heathrow Airport (LHR). The jet subsequently went around and landed at the second time of asking, but the damage had been done, and it only flew once more before being written off.