{"id":357640,"date":"2026-01-29T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/boeing-patent-aircraft-tail-strike-prevention\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:01:16","slug":"safer-flights-boeing-files-patent-for-aircraft-tail-strike-prevention-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=357640","title":{"rendered":"Safer Flights? Boeing Files Patent For Aircraft Tail Strike Prevention System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"60363\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/boeing\/\"  >Boeing<\/a><\/span> filed a patent for a new aircraft tail strike detection system, highlighting renewed focus on a long-standing operational risk. Although tail strikes are relatively uncommon, they can lead to expensive inspections, structural repairs, and aircraft downtime. The proposed system aims to provide real-time detection, reducing reliance on post-flight crew reports and visual inspections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How might the system help prevent operational disruption following a suspected tail strike?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,398,669,919,16569,1720,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing","category-boeing-777x","category-emirates","category-manufacturers","category-tail-strike","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357641,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357640\/revisions\/357641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}