United Airlines jet scraped tail on runway during Boston takeoff

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aviation-ModTeam@reddit

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"The jet, a Boeing 737, took off at approximately 7:43 a.m., according to FlightAware records. It returned to Logan at approximately 8:30 p.m., the FAA said. " Impressive fuel load for 12 hrs of flight. Must have been some pissed off passengers...

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Mike__O@reddit

I'd already be pissed if I was scheduled for 12h in a 737

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PM_ME_UR_NTSB_REPORT@reddit

I routinely ride on a 737 from PHX-ANC and it’s 6 hours of misery

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BurritoWithFries@reddit

The reason I switched from Alaska to United is because my most common route is 6 hours and Alaska only flew it on 737s, vs 777s on United

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lekoman@reddit

Did SEAKEF and back earlier this year on an FI 757. Narrowbody flights longer than 6 hours should be illegal, heh.

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rob_s_458@reddit

I took a MAX 8 ORD-ANC and then a 321 (I think ceo) ANC-DFW several months ago. I gladly paid for Main Cabin Extra for both flights

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mdp300@reddit

I did EWR-ANC and back a couple months ago on a Max 8. It wasn't that terrible honestly. I just couldn't sleep, but I never sleep well on any plane.

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Conch-Republic@reddit

My fiancé is from Washington, and we live in SC. We regularly end up on 737s making that flight and it's terrible. When we flew to Hawaii, we spent 6 hours flying from SC to Washington on a 737, then another 7 hours flying from Washington to Hawaii on another 737.

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Tof12345@reddit

Yeah that sounds insane.

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Mike__O@reddit

One of the worst 24h periods of my life was my second deployment when our rotator was a Miami Air 737. We rode that shitheap on four hops all the way from Robins AFB to Al Udeid.

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greenweenievictim@reddit

I know it wasn’t a 737, it was larger, but the plane had no livery on the side and the seats were old as shit, absolute dump. We flew on that turd from DC to anchorage, Osaka, Okinawa. They let us get out for 30 min in Anchorage. I never thought I would be on a flight that made BWI to Al Udeid look like a vacation.

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RoooDog@reddit

Miami Air to ATA was the ultimate BOHICA experience.

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lots_of_sunshine@reddit

Miami Air is so ghetto lol. I’m not a nervous flyer at all but Miami Air had me concerned for my safety when I flew them for the Army

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AFoxGuy@reddit

>Miami ~~Airis so ghetto lol. I’m not a nervous flyer at all but Miami Air had me concerned for my safety when I flew them for the Army~~ **Say no more.**

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doctor_of_drugs@reddit

Ambien is your friend

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LRJetCowboy@reddit

Mushrooms!

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jdubya26@reddit

The article messed it up, flight aware shows it took off at 7:43 PM, landing at 8:30 PM

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Discotranny@reddit

Had to fly on Copa’a 738 from LAX to PTY. Longest 8 hours in a sardine can!

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Equivalent-Copy5959@reddit

Could this be a misprint or correct?

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WallFine7361@reddit

Misprint. So much for proofreading

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0ldpenis@reddit

They had to circle that long to burn off the fuel, duh.

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MatchPuzzleheaded590@reddit

737-900 no surprises there.

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Prize-Resolve4951@reddit

And it’s already back in service. Stayed on the ground in BOS overnight, ferried to EWR and off to PBI at 11:51 AM

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dashdriver@reddit

Probably just compressed the tail skid. Replace the crush can or whatever and away she goes.

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e140driver@reddit

Of course it was a 900-ER, can’t wait for the ops alert from TK

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xdarq@reddit

I swear it’s always tailstrikes on the 737 and hydraulic leaks on the Airbus

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CptSirBergmanstein@reddit

Hey, we had a tailstrike on the bus, don't leave us out of the party.

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mattrussell2319@reddit

Does it count if it just tips back at the gate?

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SpaghettiAssassin@reddit

Tailstrike on parking

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redvariation@reddit

Airbus lands with nose wheel 90 degrees from direction of travel...

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matsutaketea@reddit

and fume events!

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snoopyscoob@reddit

Tail strikes and overruns are what the 737 does best

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Mike__O@reddit

If only Boeing had a better narrow body airplane.... something with better ground clearance, and MUCH better brakes......

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snoopyscoob@reddit

Yeah I this its just the ridiculously artificially high approach speeds that jet needs that absolutely make it sketch on ungrooved wet runways

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Mike__O@reddit

Too long of a fuselage combined with nowhere near enough wing and brakes, but hey.... iT's ChEaPeR tO oPeRaTe

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727Super27@reddit

Day 1 of winter weights and a tail strike. Nice.

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crotchpudding@reddit

737 reported to have tail strike. media shows photo of 757. sounds about right

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SpaghettiAssassin@reddit

Most accurate media reporting

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lizhien@reddit

So somewhere in between then. Must be a 747.

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MrMcSwifty@reddit

No more 747s out of Boston anymore, sadly :(

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brother1957@reddit

Lufthansa?

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bignose703@reddit

Woosh

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MrMcSwifty@reddit

Do you really think I missed the joke there? Lol

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Hourslikeminutes47@reddit

Yes

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bignose703@reddit

Bombardiarbus A747Neo-900MAX mk VIII B Super Fighting Aardvark C XLR -200

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DutchBlob@reddit

Airbus 797

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alreddy-reddit@reddit

*a380, Queen of the skies*

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TogaPower@reddit

You cannot expect much from a journalist. They’re overwhelmingly unintelligent and lazy

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biggsteve81@reddit

Most journalists are massively overworked and underpaid. But if you can do such a better job, give it a shot.

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TogaPower@reddit

Lol “overworked”. Yeah typing click baity half assed articles with little to no fact checking is so hard! And nah I have too much respect for myself to be a journalist lol

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LargeSeaPerson@reddit

You're absolutely right. It's laziness and ignorance but of course Reddit believes journalists are a protected class so they excuse the behavior.

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BrewCityChaser@reddit

Your comment history is a treat to read through.

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BrewCityChaser@reddit

Article photos are chosen by an editor, not the person writing the story.

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TogaPower@reddit

Oh well, same bunch of people. Editors are still journalists (or used to be), and the ones writing the story get aviation facts wrong ALL the time.

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crotchpudding@reddit

Walter Cronkite is rolling in his pine box

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massiveboner911@reddit

Media is useless.

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crotchpudding@reddit

truth

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OkSatisfaction9850@reddit

Was watching movie yesterday. The plane taking off was a 737 and on the air the same plane became a 787

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shemp33@reddit

Apparently it’s a grower not a shower. 😂

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shemp33@reddit

You know they almost posted the Cessna.

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Tony_Three_Pies@reddit

It's a 737 on my screen. \*shrug\*

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profkimchi@reddit

At DCA lol

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chunkymonk3y@reddit

Definitely just the first stock photo result for “united plane at Logan”

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FrankLloydWrong_3305@reddit

Unless the Bunker Hill Monument got about 4x as big, that's not Logan.

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st_nick1219@reddit

A 757 in Washington, DC no less.

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Lolpo555@reddit

Good thing it was not a mighty 757 at the end

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Darth_Hamburger@reddit

Yeah, my first thought seeing the picture was “how the hell did they tail strike a 757??”

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hey_hey_hey_nike@reddit

900ERs have itchy butts

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Griffie@reddit

Hey, if you got an itchy butt, just drag it on the runway.

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bantha121@reddit

Was working next to the dx-er that had this one and he also had 3 medical emergencies over the course of the 8 hour shift; rough day, but at least the weather was VFR for the whole eastern half of the US

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deloreanfan@reddit

literally just rotate slowly smh my head

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rb-2008@reddit

Does a tail strike always mandate a return to the airport?

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Joehansson@reddit

It’s standard procedure for any airline i know

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rb-2008@reddit

Makes sense from a safety standpoint

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jfbriley@reddit

I’d imagine it’s hard to verify from the cockpit that the pressure hull hasn’t been compromised. I wouldn’t want to get to 30,000’ to find out that it had.

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